By AFP More by this AuthorBeijingUS officials have "lost their minds and gone mad" in their dealings with Beijing, China's foreign ministry said Friday, in the latest verbal salvo between the two superpowers. Tensions between Washington and Beijing have run high this year and some of the most outspoken critics of China in American congress were this week hit with sanctions, days after the US imposed visa bans and asset freezes on several Chinese officials. But foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Barr and other American officials were criticising China to distract from domestic political problems. "These people, for self-interest and political gain, do not hesitate to hijack domestic public opinion... to the point where they have lost their minds and gone mad," she said. AdvertisementHua added that China had no intention of challenging or replacing the US and said she hoped that Washington could "return to rationality" in its China policy.

Source: Daily Nation July 17, 2020 11:03 UTC