Ministry: Washington politicizes exchanges

Washington should stop politicizing or interrupting Sino-US people-to-people exchanges, as such exchanges form the basis of promoting bilateral cooperation in various areas and conform to the aspirations of both countries' peoples, Beijing said on Monday.

"For some time, some departments and institutions in the US have been imposing totally groundless restrictions and hindrances on normal China-US people-to-people exchanges, resorting to any means," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.

Such moves have caused widespread concern within academia and in other communities in the two countries, Lu said.