9月3日，外交部例行记者会上，中国日报记者提问称，美国国务卿蓬佩奥9月2日在记者会上谈及南海、涉藏以及中国与美国大学合作等问题，继续对中方进行无端指责。请问中方对此有何评论？”
外交部发言人华春莹反驳蓬佩奥的言论称， 美国有些官员是患了妄想症，美国有这么多人在中国活动，是不是都是间谍？
华春莹表示，美方官员所谓中方对美国学校进行渗透，完全是无中生有。在美国这些人的眼里，所有中国在美留学生都是间谍，中方同美国大学的交流都是在搞渗透。这完全是患了妄想症。
The allegation by US officials that China is infiltrating US schools is totally out of thin air. In their eyes, all Chinese students in the US are spies and all China's exchanges with US universities are infiltration. This is all delusional.
按照这些人的逻辑， 美国有这么多人员在中国活动，他们是不是都是间谍呢？中国有这么多人在学英语，是不是美国在搞渗透呢？
Following their logic, are all the large number of Americans living and working in China spies? And all these English learners in China, are they part of the US effort to infiltrate China?
美方这些人的做法完全违背中美两国人民加强交流合作的愿望，损害中美两国共同利益。
What the US officials did goes against the desire of the Chinese and American people to strengthen exchanges and cooperation and undermines the common interests of the two countries.
华春莹强调，蓬佩奥对中方的指责罔顾事实，颠倒黑白，反映出美国国内一些极端反华势力正在不择手段污蔑抹黑中国，蓄意破坏中美关系和中美正常交流合作。
Pompeo's fact-distorting and truth-reversing words reflect that the extreme anti-China forces in the US are using all means to smear China and deliberately undermine China-US relations and normal exchanges and cooperation.
对此，华春莹表示，我们再次敦促蓬佩奥之流尊重事实，停止喋喋不休的反华言论，停止干涉中国内政，停止阻挠破坏中美正常交流与合作，不要在错误的道路上越走越远。
Once again, we urge Pompeo and other politicians to respect the facts, stop harping on anti-China remarks, stop interfering in China's internal affairs, stop obstructing and undermining normal exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States, and stop going further down the wrong path.
