China says Twitter hacked after Trump retweet

China’s US embassy said its twitter account was hacked after users noticed it had retweeted a baseless claim by outgoing US president Donald Trump.

In his post, Mr Trump repeated earlier unfounded allegations of election fraud in the polls he lost last month.

The tweet which now includes a warning that the claim was disputed, was retweeted by the embassy’s official account within minutes.

But the embassy has denied the retweet.

Officially, China has congratulated Mr Trump’s electoral opponent, Joe Biden for winning the election, with a foreign ministry spokesman saying they respect the choice of the American people.