Before the start of a NATO summit meeting in Washington, China has criticized the Western defence alliance for its actions in the Asia-Pacific region and called on it to rethink what it is doing. Beijing opposes NATO’s slander and rejects the idea that it is using China as an excuse to advance into the Asia-Pacific region and cause tensions there, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in Beijing. The meeting in the US capital aims to discuss further dealings with China and increased NATO cooperation with partners in the Indo-Pacific region. “NATO claims itself to be a regional defen…