Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying speaks at a daily breifing. File photo: VCG
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday that a report claiming the country's Ambassador to Denmark threatened and tried to pressure the Faroese leader into cooperating with Huawei on 5G was factually wrong, noting that the days when China could not fight back in the face of smears and attacks were gone.
Danish media outlet Berlingske reported Wednesday that China's Ambassador to Denmark Feng Tie threatened the Faroese prime minister by indicating that a trade agreement would be dropped if the autonomous Danish archipelago did not sign a 5G contract with technology giant Huawei.
Hua Chunying, spokesperson for the ministry said at a press conference on Wednesday that the report has a factual error in saying thatChina and the Faroe Islands had not reached a free trade agreement, let alone them dropping the agreement.
Hua made the remark in response to a foreign journalist's question on the report and told the journalist that they could better understand what "threaten" means by looking at US officials defaming Chinese companies and threatening other countries not to cooperate with specific Chinese companies.
Hua said China and the Faroe Islands have a good cooperative relationship. The meeting between Feng and Faroese officials was a normal performance of duties, where they talked about the bilateral friendship and cooperation.
Feng safeguarded the Chinese companies' legitimate rights and interests, said Hua, noting that the content of the report was wrong and made with ulterior motives.
When a BBC journalist asked if Feng talked about Huawei or possible future cooperation at the meetings with Faroese officials, Hua responded with a s ..
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