China slams U.S. for politicizing economic, trade issues – World

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — China firmly opposes the United States’ acts of politicizing economic and trade issues and abusing its state power and the concept of national security to groundlessly suppress Chinese companies, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Monday. Hua made the remarks at a daily news briefing when asked to comment on an announcement of the New York Stock Exchange to delist three Chinese telecommunications companies under a U.S. government order. “Such acts have seriously breached the U.S. much-touted principles of market economy and fair competition, as well as international economic and trade rules,” she said. Some…