Beijing Protests US' Designation Of China As Adversary In New Intelligence Strategy

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday protested the publication of the new US National Intelligence Strategy, in which China and Russia are named among the United States' "adversaries

BEIJING (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd January, 2019) The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday protested the publication of the new US National Intelligence Strategy, in which China and Russia are named among the United States' "adversaries."

The updated National Intelligence Strategy, published on Tuesday, stated 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 lists Russia and China among traditional US 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," the ministry's spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said at a briefing.

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

The spokeswoman 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.