China declines Trump's request to investigate the Bidens

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• China on Tuesday said it would not investigate the family of the 2020 candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden.
• That came after an extraordinary request from President Donald Trump that has added to concerns at the heart of a recently launched impeachment inquiry.
• Trump said last week that China should "start an investigation into the Bidens," mirroring a similar request to Ukraine. 
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China on Tuesday said it would not investigate the family of the 2020 candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, rejecting an extraordinary request from President Donald Trump that has added to concerns at the heart of a recently launched impeachment inquiry. 

"China has long pursued the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries," Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong-based newspaper. "We have no intention of intervening in the domestic affairs of the United States."

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