Beijing cites Washington's summons of its diplomat as 'unreasonable'

Beijing calls Washington's recent summons of Chinese ambassador 'unreasonable'

Beijing on Monday called Washington's recent summon of the Chinese ambassador "unreasonable," urging a "healthy" China-U.S. relations.

"Maintaining the healthy development of bilateral relationship not just benefits the people of both countries, but is something expected by the international community," Geng Shuang, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said in a press briefing.

On Saturday, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai was summoned by the U.S. State Department, after a Beijing official questioned the real origin of "patient zero" in the global pandemic on Twitter.

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