Beijing: Trump administration officials are “digging a hole” for the future US administration’s relationship with China through their actions targeting the country and its officials, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday.
Xinhua said in an editorial that steps such as restricting visas for the 92 million members of the ruling Communist Party and their families have “again exposed the sinister intentions of extreme anti-China forces in Washington to hijack China-US relations for their own political gain”.
The US State Department last week cut the duration of such visas from 10 years to one month, another example of the increasingly hardline stance adopted by the administration in its waning days.
“By relentlessly challenging the bottom line of China-US relations on issues concerning China’s core interests, anti-China politicians are not only digging a hole for the next administration’s relationship with China, but also eying their own personal political gains,” Xinhua said.
Xinhua said. “The two must focus on managing their differences, with the top priority being a smooth transition toward stronger China-U.S. relations.