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China has reportedly dismissed critical opinions over comments made by a top diplomat who invited Japan and South Korea to an apparent all-Asian alliance. What happened: Wang Yi, a former foreign minister and current head of the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign affairs commission, urged Tokyo and Seoul to join Beijing in “revitalizing Asia” at an annual trilateral event on Wednesday. Americans take all visitors from China, South Korea and Japan as Asians.

China brushed off controversial comments issued by a top diplomat calling on Japan and South Korea to form race-based allegiances and drop ties with the U.S.

BEIJING: China on Wednesday dismissed criticism of racially tinged comments by its top diplomat, who said Westerners are incapable of distinguishing among Chinese, Koreans and Japanese.

China on Wednesday dismissed criticism of racially tinged comments by its top diplomat, who said Europeans and Americans are incapable of distinguishing among Chinese, Koreans and Japanese.

'Does Wang Yi really think that national interests are less important than appearance?'