China says "dangerous" for U.S. to form policies based on Trump adviser Navarro's "lies"

Record ID: 1438042

  • Title: China says "dangerous" for U.S. to form policies based on Trump adviser Navarro's "lies"
  • Date: 22nd October 2019
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (OCTOBER 22, 2019) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING ARRIVING AT NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SEATED AND TYPING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN, HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "I think this also reflects that certain people in the U.S. have tried all methods, without having any limits, to suppress and tarnish China because of their own interests or political intentions. They fabricate and sell lies, even make policies based on lies. This is not only ridiculous, but also dangerous. This will not only impact and threaten normal international relations and order, but in the long run, it will ultimately harm the interests of the United States itself." JOURNALISTS SEATED EXTERIOR OF CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 5th November 2019 09:27
  • Keywords: US-China trade war Trump adviser China US relation
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B26G953
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (October 22) that it is "ridiculous" and "dangerous" for the U.S. to make policy based on lies, in response to Trump's White House trade adviser Peter Navarro making up a fictitious anti-China economist in his books.
    The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last week that Navarro invented and quoted an economist named Ron Vara. It said that according to Australian National University, Vara's name had appeared a dozen times in six of Navarro's non-fiction books but no such person could be found.
    Navarro said in a statement that the name he used was "a whimsical device and pen name I've used throughout the years for opinions and purely entertainment value, not as a source of fact."
    Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the international community had been "shocked" by the report.
    (Production: Thomas Suen, Fang Nanlin)
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