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President Trump insists that he uses only government-approved telephones
China has jokingly suggested that US President Donald Trump should trade his Apple iPhone against a Chinese model, after denying a report claiming that Beijing had put his private calls on his phone.
The New York Times newspaper reported that China and Russia were intercepting calls made on Mr. Trump's personal iPhone to try to better understand his thinking.
The aides had warned the president that such calls were not secure.
Mr. Trump rejected the report.
In a tweet, he insisted that he only used government-approved phones.
Hua Chunying, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, reacted with humor at a press conference on Thursday.
"Reading this report, I feel that today, in the United States, some people are doing their best to win the best Oscar screenplay," she said.
And she suggested that a handset of one of China's largest phone manufacturers would be safer.
"If they really fear that Apple phones are buggy, they can use Huawei.
"If they are still not comfortable, then, to have a fully secure device, they can stop using all forms of modern communication devices and cut off any link with the outside world, "she said.
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Russia has also denied spying allegations.
"We are already dealing with this kind of stories with a certain amount of humor," said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
In its report, the Times quoted current and former officials who said they were frustrated with Trump's "informal approach" to electronic security.
US spy agencies have learned that China and Russia listened to the President's calls from his iPhone and were trying to figure out what he thought and how to best influence him.
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Earlier this month, the US ambassador to China, Cui Tiankai, said he was "very confused" about President Trump's trade policy.
Chinese telecommunications companies, including Huawei, have already been monitored in the United States for fear of espionage.
In 2012, a US congressional panel said Huawei and ZTE should be banned from any merger and acquisition because they posed a threat to the security of the United States. The panel said the companies had failed to quell their fears over their ties with the Chinese government and army.
Both companies denied any threat to the United States.
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