US blasted for report on Chinese military

Spokesman calls for an end to incorrect statements, with steps to maintain ties

The United States, rather than China, should be blamed for igniting unrest and breaking order and peace around the world, a Chinese spokesman said on Sunday, urging the US to stop vilifying China's defense policy and its military.

"Over the past 20 years, the US launched illegal wars or military operations against Iraq, Syria, Libya and other countries, causing more than 800,000 deaths and tens of millions of innocent civilians to lose their homes," Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said in a statement published on the ministry's website. "Many years of evidence shows that it is the US that is the fomenter of regional unrest, the violator of the international order and the destroyer of world peace. This fact has been universally recognized by members of the international community."

Instead of reflecting on its own misdeeds, the US keeps making false statements about China's righteous defense building and reasonable moves aimed at protecting China's sovereignty and security interests, he said.