Chinese state media editor-in-chief asks if US is ‘mentally retarded’


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The editor-in-chief for The Global Times, a state-funded newspaper in China, asked Monday if the United States is “mentally retarded” for rejecting Beijing’s broad territorial claims in the South China Sea, a region with long-standing disputes between China and other Southeast Asian countries. In a retweet of an article about Washington’s statement, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin accused the US of trying to provoke a conflict between China and surrounding nations. “The US issued the statement four years after the South China sea ruling. Is Washington mentally retarded and slow in action?” Xijin wrote. “Who can’t see you want to...