China lashes out at US as tensions escalate over a space observatory in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile — China struck a defiant stance on Tuesday in response to American concerns about Beijing's efforts to expand its influence in the resource-rich South American nation of Chile, escalating tensions over a Chinese astronomical venture in Chile's arid north.
At a press conference Tuesday in Chile's capital of Santiago, China's ambassador to Chile, Niu Qingbao, lambasted the United States for 'interfering in Chile's sovereign right to independently choose its partners' and spreading 'disinformation about the project.'
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