Report's tone contra­sts sharpl­y with Trump's friend­lier face-to-face encoun­ters with Chines­e, Russia­n leader­sBEIJING: China and Russia on Tuesday decried President Donald Trump’s first National Security Strategy – which pilloried both nations as challengers to US power – as a “Cold War mentality” with an “imperialist character”. “China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity,” the document says. “China will never pursue its own development at the expense of other countries’ interests,” Hua told a regular news briefing. His security strategy warns that Russian nuclear weapons are “the most significant existential threat to the United States”. “Russia aims to weaken US influence in the world and divide us from our allies and partners,” it warns.

Source: The Express Tribune December 20, 2017 06:11 UTC