Wen-Ti Sung, fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub, believes that the revised language seems to "drive a hard bargain by raising complaints on economic policy issues"

China's foreign ministry has accused the United States of launching a smear campaign, following the release of updates to the US-China relations fact sheet on the US State Department's website. Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said the changes - which focused on the US trade deficit and competitive relations between the two countries - were "distorting the truth,