China summons US ambassador over military sanctions: state media

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China summons US ambassador over military sanctions: state media
Beijing, Sept 22 (AFP) Sep 22, 2018
China summoned the US ambassador on Saturday to lodge an official protest over sanctions imposed by the United States against a Chinese military organisation for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles, state media said.

Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang summoned Ambassador Terry Branstad and "lodged solemn representations over US sanctions against (the) Chinese military," the People's Daily said online.

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