Chinese President Jiang Zemin refuted some overseas media's allegations that China was involved in political donations to the United States, calling the allegations "sheer fabrications."

At a joint press conference on June 27 with the visiting U.S. President Bill Clinton, which was held here shortly after formal talks between the two heads of state, Jiang said that before Clinton's visit, he learned about some media reports alleging China have been involved in some so-called political contributions in the US.

"I really think it's very absurd and ridiculous, and I think they are sheer fabrications. China can never do such a thing, and China never interferes in other country's internal affairs," he stressed.

Jiang said that President Clinton also brought up these allegations in their talks this morning.

"I told him that after hearing these allegations, we conducted very earnest investigation into the matter, and the results of the investigation show that there is never such a thing," said Jiang.

"We believe that the people can have different understandings of one fact, this is actually a manifestation of democracy. However, what's important is that the fact itself should not be distorted," he added.