TikTok said earlier in a statement that it will stick to globalization despite difficulties, including the intense international political environment and rival Facebook's plagiarism and smearing.

"In fact, US politicians are attempting to cover up their real strategic agenda to contain China, put together a so-called coalition of free democracies and build a clique against China," Le said, adding that some US politicians are telling packs of lies, particularly when it comes to smearing China, without even the slightest hint of shame.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday that China opposes the US "suppressing and smearing" enterprises from other countries, including China, by using state power.

"As China has made clear on various occasions, the allegation of 'forced labor' in Xinjiang is nothing but an enormous lie propagated by anti-China elements to smear China," Wang said, adding that the rights and interests of people of all ethnic backgrounds in Xinjiang are effectively protected.

"We urge the US to immediately stop smearing China and stop meddling in China's internal affairs under the pretext of human rights," the spokesman said.

This move further proves that certain foreign media reports are baseless and deliberately smearing Chinese companies.

The US should stop smearing and suppressing China and help create a favorable atmosphere for the overall stability of Sino-US economic and trade relations, she added.

Under the guise of the human rights issue, the US has made groundless accusations and hyped the myth of "forced labor" and other issues concerning Xinjiang in order to smear China's image, interfere in China's internal affairs, curb China's development, and undermine the prosperity and stability of Xinjiang, the statement said.

A representative for Ghosn replied in a statement that the allegations made against the former Nissan chairman "will be revealed for what they are: part of an unsubstantiated smear campaign against Carlos Ghosn to prevent the integration of the Alliance and conceal Nissan's deteriorating performance".

Compared with ordinary shooting, it can reflect the smear effect generated when limbs move.

At the 56th Munich Security Conference on Feb 14-16, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi waged a new round of smear campaign against Huawei with speculative accusations and no substantiated evidence.

Support among Democrats for the start of impeachment proceedings increased after news that Trump may have sought foreign help in smearing a political rival.

In 2023, Chinese police have also taken strong hands against criminal acts of cyber violence such as online smearing, insulting and privacy infringement, handling 110 cases so far, Li said.

Xu Tianqi, an associate researcher at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, said that in the face of the frequent distortion, smearing and provocation by external forces against China, the foreign relations law is timely and useful.

Despite China's strong efforts to improve control of the opioid, the US recently used fentanyl-related issues to smear the country and indicted or arrested Chinese enterprises and citizens over the issue.

"We strongly urge the US Congress to respect the facts, the spirit of international law and the basic principles of international relations, to immediately stop slandering and smearing China and to refrain from taking actions that could escalate situations," it said.