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China calls Nato statement 'slander'
By EUobserver
The Chinese mission to the EU denounced a Nato statement that declared Beijing a "security challenge," saying China is actually a force for peace but will defend itself if threatened, AP reports. The Chinese news release said the Nato statement was a "slander on China's peaceful development, a misjudgment of the international situation and (Nato's) own role, and a continuation of the Cold War mentality and organisational political psychology."