China, U.S. must avoid excessive mutual suspicion: Chinese envoy

U.S. President elect Donald Trump speaks at election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S.

ASIA: China and the United States must avoid being overly suspicious of each other's strategic intentions, China's ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday while looking ahead to the Presidency of Donald Trump.

Trump lambasted China throughout the U.S. election campaign, drumming up headlines with his pledges to slap 45 percent tariffs on imported Chinese goods and to label the country a currency manipulator on his first day in office.