China Initiative aggravates racial discrimination in US, says Beijing

China on Tuesday urged the US to "heed the just call from all walks of life" and "earnestly correct its mistakes and stop interfering" with normal exchanges and cooperation between Beijing and Washington in the fields of science, technology, and culture. "The (China) initiative has not only seriously impacted China-US relations but also aggravated racial discrimination in the US and caused grave damage to the Asian American community," Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, told a news conference in Beijing. The statement from Beijing comes after a group of at least 177 Stanford University professors asked the US Justice…