[Global Times-Global Network Reporter Xing Xiaojing] On the 9th, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun held a regular press conference. An AFP reporter asked that the U.S. government said yesterday that it had fired a State Department employee who had not declared a romantic relationship with China citizens. Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China have any comment on this?

Guo said: ¡°This is an internal affair of the United States, we do not comment on it, but I want to emphasize that we oppose ideological lines and malicious blackmail against China.¡±