India, April 28 -- China on Monday said it opposes and condemns "illegal violence" in its cryptic reaction to a shooting incident at White House Correspondents' Dinner attended by the US President Donald Trump.  

"The shooting incident has come to China's attention", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a media briefing here when asked for his reaction to Saturday's attempt by a gunman to storm the Correspondents' Dinner, which was termed as an attempt to target Trump.  

"We oppose and condemn illegal violence," Lin said in his brief reaction to a question on the attack. Armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives, the gunman, identified as Cole Allen from California, stormed a security checkpoint outside...