Pentagon report smacks of Cold War mentality

A Pentagon report on China's military modernization distorts facts and plays up the "China military threat" theory, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

"It is also an interference in China's internal affairs and violates norms on international relations. China is firmly opposed to it," spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news briefing.

China urges the US to abandon its Cold War mentality and adopt the right attitude toward China and its development, Qin said.