US urged to refrain from damaging China's interests

BEIJING - Senior Chinese diplomats urged the United States on Monday to halt wrongdoing and stop conduct that damages China's interests. They said China will take necessary measures and firmly safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests, according to a report in China Daily.

China-US relations are at a critical stage and face great challenges, China Daily reported Yang Jiechi, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, as saying.

Yang was speaking at a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Beijing.  www.webershandwick.cn (ATI).