FM urges US to stop lying to undermine China-US normal exchanges, cooperation
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China urged US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his like to respect basic facts and stop attacking and stigmatizing educational exchanges between China and the US, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at Thursday’s press briefing.

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Pompeo on Wednesday called on American universities to scrutinize Chinese students, who, he said, may be stealing their innovations.

According to reports, two universities in the United States have criticized Pompeo’s remarks, claiming that his words were completely wrong and intolerable.

Pompeo’s speech was full of ideological prejudice. He slandered China and the Communist Party of China and stigmatized educational exchanges between China and the US, which exposed his malicious intent to undermine the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, Hua said.

She pointed out that the educational exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States have enhanced mutual understanding between the two peoples, and have been widely welcomed by the American academic community and the American people.

“We once again urge Pompeo and his like to respect basic facts and stop concocting lies,” Hua said.

(Compiled by Liu Kechen)