Beijing Urges the US to Abandon ‘Cold War Mentality’

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China’s Foreign Ministry protested the publication of the new US National Intelligence Strategy, in which China and Russia are named among the United States' "adversaries."

"We have taken note of the wording you [the United States] mentioned in the updated version of the US National Intelligence Strategy, which was just published in the United States. The United States has issued a number of such reports, which put forward unfounded accusations against Russia and China", ministry's spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a briefing.

China firmly adhered to the path of peaceful development and reaffirmed the defense nature of Beijing's military policy, Hua stressed.

She further called on the United States to abandon the Cold War mentality, make more efforts to strengthen mutual trust between the two countries and maintain international peace and stability.

The statement followed a publication of an updated National Intelligence Strategy on January 22, stating that "multiple adversaries" continued to look for opportunities to cause potentially catastrophic damage to US interests through the acquisition and use of weapons of mass destruction, which include biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.

The document further listed Russia and China among traditional US adversaries.

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