Ministry slams US report on China's CEE influence

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning dismissed on Monday a series of reports published by a Washington-based think tank that label Chinese influence as "malign "in Central and Eastern European nations, saying the reports are filled with slander and groundless accusations against China.

"We also noticed the fact that these reports were drafted and released with generous support from the United States Department of State, and this is interesting," Mao said at the regular news briefing in Beijing.

The deputy director-general of the Information Department under the Foreign Ministry, Mao made her debut as the ministry's spokeswoman at the regular news briefing on Monday.