Chinese diplomat: Mike Pompeo lying through his teeth

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “lying through [his] teeth” when he says China is investing in impoverished countries in order to gain control of strategic ports and other infrastructure, a Beijing-based diplomat argued Monday.

“Indeed, we all need to keep our eyes wide open when we want to do something,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters when asked about Pompeo’s latest broadside about China’s investment strategy. “But it should be keeping eyes wide open and doing things for real, instead of keeping eyes wide open and lying through one’s teeth.”