Top UN envoy rebuts US' anti-China slurs

Representative's groundless claims have 'seriously poisoned' bilateral ties

China's top envoy to the United Nations on Sunday rebutted unfounded accusations against China made by the permanent representative of the United States to the world body in an interview with CNN, and warned the US not to go "further down the wrong path".

"The US has again made accusations against China and wrongful, irresponsible remarks on issues like the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xinjiang and Taiwan," Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the UN, said in a statement responding to the interview given by Linda Thomas-Greenfield with the US broadcaster. "Such groundless, politically biased words have seriously poisoned the China-US relations.

"Facing such a smear campaign, China has no choice but to push back and clarify our position and reject the unfounded accusations by the US," the ambassador said.