German envoy 'wrong'

China criticized on Wednesday the German ambassador's recent remarks about cyber issues between the two countries as "not constructive" and "quite wrong", urging efforts from the German side to promote bilateral cooperation.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying responded to comments from German Ambassador to China Michael Clauss, who said in a Dec 22 interview with the South China Morning Post that Germany's repeated requests to have a meaningful dialogue on cyber-related questions with China "have regrettably not yet received a positive response".

"Frankly speaking, the ambassador and his remarks are not constructive, and even quite wrong. Some of his views do not conform to the truth and are even misleading," Hua said in a news conference.