Latest Fact-checks in China Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Marco Rubio stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.: "Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor." Marco Rubio stated on February 4, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.: China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites." Ron Johnson stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email: Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism." Nancy Pelosi stated on January 13, 2016 in an interview on CNN: Until the new Iran deal, China and Russia "have never voted with us at the U.N. on any sanctions on Iran in the past." Carly Fiorina stated on December 17, 2015 in a column posted on Medium: "When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things — including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity." Joe Donald stated on December 2, 2015 in an interview: "We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia." Kevin Russell stated on October 28, 2015 in an opinion column: "In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP primary debate.: The Trans-Pacific Partnership "was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China." X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China. Matthew Cooke stated on December 10, 2014 in a Huffington Post column: The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined." Mitch McConnell stated on November 12, 2014 in a media availability: The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years." Xi Jinping stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.: "China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world." Bloggers stated on April 17, 2014 in multiple blog and video posts: The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese." Mark Warner stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview.: "The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America" Marco Rubio stated on March 14, 2013 in a CPAC speech: "The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet." Terry McAuliffe stated on December 5, 2012 in a news conference.: Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant. Clint Eastwood stated on October 24, 2012 in in a TV ad: "We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China." Mitt Romney stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad: Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs. Let Freedom Ring stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video: Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China. Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2012 in debate comments: Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust." Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate: Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations." Barack Obama stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad: Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America." Americans For Tax Reform stated on September 28, 2012 in a mailer to voters: The Obama administration’s "green" stimulus program "funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms," creating thousands of jobs in China. Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2012 in a television ad: Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision." Americans For Tax Reform stated on September 21, 2012 in a mailer to voters: Says Obama sent $450 million to China to build a wind farm in Texas. Barack Obama stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China." Mitt Romney stated on September 13, 2012 in in a TV ad: "Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused." Anthony Gemma stated on August 28, 2012 in an online debate: U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China. Mitt Romney stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category
Marco Rubio stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.: "Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor." Marco Rubio stated on February 4, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.: China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites." Ron Johnson stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email: Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism." Nancy Pelosi stated on January 13, 2016 in an interview on CNN: Until the new Iran deal, China and Russia "have never voted with us at the U.N. on any sanctions on Iran in the past." Carly Fiorina stated on December 17, 2015 in a column posted on Medium: "When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things — including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity." Joe Donald stated on December 2, 2015 in an interview: "We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia." Kevin Russell stated on October 28, 2015 in an opinion column: "In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP primary debate.: The Trans-Pacific Partnership "was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China." X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China. Matthew Cooke stated on December 10, 2014 in a Huffington Post column: The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined." Mitch McConnell stated on November 12, 2014 in a media availability: The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years." Xi Jinping stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.: "China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world." Bloggers stated on April 17, 2014 in multiple blog and video posts: The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese." Mark Warner stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview.: "The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America" Marco Rubio stated on March 14, 2013 in a CPAC speech: "The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet." Terry McAuliffe stated on December 5, 2012 in a news conference.: Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant. Clint Eastwood stated on October 24, 2012 in in a TV ad: "We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China." Mitt Romney stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad: Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs. Let Freedom Ring stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video: Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China. Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2012 in debate comments: Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust." Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate: Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations." Barack Obama stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad: Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America." Americans For Tax Reform stated on September 28, 2012 in a mailer to voters: The Obama administration’s "green" stimulus program "funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms," creating thousands of jobs in China. Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2012 in a television ad: Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision." Americans For Tax Reform stated on September 21, 2012 in a mailer to voters: Says Obama sent $450 million to China to build a wind farm in Texas. Barack Obama stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China." Mitt Romney stated on September 13, 2012 in in a TV ad: "Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused." Anthony Gemma stated on August 28, 2012 in an online debate: U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China. Mitt Romney stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
Marco Rubio stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.: "Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."
Marco Rubio stated on February 4, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.: China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."
Ron Johnson stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email: Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."
Nancy Pelosi stated on January 13, 2016 in an interview on CNN: Until the new Iran deal, China and Russia "have never voted with us at the U.N. on any sanctions on Iran in the past."
Carly Fiorina stated on December 17, 2015 in a column posted on Medium: "When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things — including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."
Joe Donald stated on December 2, 2015 in an interview: "We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."
Kevin Russell stated on October 28, 2015 in an opinion column: "In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea."
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP primary debate.: The Trans-Pacific Partnership "was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone."
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China."
X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China.
Matthew Cooke stated on December 10, 2014 in a Huffington Post column: The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined."
Mitch McConnell stated on November 12, 2014 in a media availability: The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years."
Xi Jinping stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.: "China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."
Bloggers stated on April 17, 2014 in multiple blog and video posts: The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese."
Mark Warner stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview.: "The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"
Marco Rubio stated on March 14, 2013 in a CPAC speech: "The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet."
Terry McAuliffe stated on December 5, 2012 in a news conference.: Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.
Clint Eastwood stated on October 24, 2012 in in a TV ad: "We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
Mitt Romney stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad: Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.
Let Freedom Ring stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video: Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.
Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2012 in debate comments: Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust."
Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate: Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations."
Barack Obama stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad: Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
Americans For Tax Reform stated on September 28, 2012 in a mailer to voters: The Obama administration’s "green" stimulus program "funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms," creating thousands of jobs in China.
Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2012 in a television ad: Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."
Americans For Tax Reform stated on September 21, 2012 in a mailer to voters: Says Obama sent $450 million to China to build a wind farm in Texas.
Barack Obama stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China."
Mitt Romney stated on September 13, 2012 in in a TV ad: "Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused."
Anthony Gemma stated on August 28, 2012 in an online debate: U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China.
Mitt Romney stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial: Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
