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CHINA: The Chinese Embassy in the United States issued a statement on Tuesday

saying the U.S. stance of wanting to develop a partnership with China but at the

same time regarding China as a rival is contradictory. The embassy was

responding to U.S. President Donald Trump's singling out of China and Russia in

a speech on his national security strategy on Monday as rivals that "challenge

American influence, values and wealth." The embassy said the U.S. stance is

against the efforts both sides have made in international cooperation. It

stressed that China is willing to peacefully interact and cooperate with the

U.S., but that the U.S. should "adjust to" and "accept" China's development,

according to the statement. Putting a country's self-interest above that of

other countries and the world is selfishness "from tip to toe" that leads to

isolation, the statement said.