China slams US report calling Beijing a top threat

China blasted on Wednesday a United States report calling Beijing a top threat, urging Washington to stop hyping up such a narrative and stop viewing China in its own hegemonic mentality.

According to the report published by US intelligence agencies on Tuesday, China remains the top military and cyber threat to the US, and Beijing was making "steady but uneven" progress on capabilities it could use to "capture Taiwan".

"Washington has been releasing such kind of irresponsible and biased reports year after year to peddle the theory of 'China threat' and major-country competition as pretexts to contain and suppress Beijing as well as safeguard it hegemony," Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.

China has no intention of suppressing or replacing any other country, Guo told a daily news conference.

In terms of the Taiwan question, Guo reiterated that it is China's internal affair and "Taiwan independence" is opposed.

As the saying goes, those with a hammer see everything like a nail, he said, urging the US to stop any kind of support to "Taiwan independence" separatist activities, stop spreading the "threat of China".

Washington should promote a steady, sound and sustainable development relationship with Beijing through concrete actions, he said.