Top Chinese diplomats have lambasted the US for undermining Beijing's interests and making strategic mistakes in the Sino-US relationship, accusing Washington of meddling in China's domestic affairs and stirring up worries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Deputy Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai and senior diplomat Pang Hanzhao warned of thorny problems facing bilateral ties.
'China has never done anything to undermine the US core interests and major concerns, yet what the United States has done in matters concerning China's core and important interests and major concerns is unsatisfactory,' an article said.
The article was published in the China International Strategy Review 2012 by Peking University, and was posted on the Foreign Ministry's website yesterday.
It came at a time of rising tensions between China and other Asian countries because of territorial disputes, with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton saying last week that all sides should resolve the South China Sea disputes without coercion or the use of force.
In the article, Cui and Pang said the US tended to see China's intentions in the worst possible light and criticised the US for intervening in disputes between China and its neighbours, even though China did not seek a dominant position in the Asia-Pacific region.
