China Tells NATO to Stay Out of Asia

China told NATO on Monday to focus its attention on transatlantic issues, raising objections to the deployment of foreign military vessels and aircraft near the country in recent years.

In their first formal dialogue since a tense exchange of statements in June, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to take a “rational and objective view” of Beijing. Both parties should avoid “misinformation, lies and rumors,” Wang said, without elaborating.