BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Beijing and Moscow have strongly criticised Washington for its unilateral sanctions and unjustified crackdowns on China and Russia.

In the second phone conversation since November between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday (Dec 22), Mr Wang said the United States runs counter to this era's trends and frequently threatens and imposes unilateral sanctions, which could only leave it with one of the more disgraceful records in the world.