‘US-Russia playing Cold War game’

BEIJING: China’s top newspaper accused both the United States and Russia of replaying their Cold War rivalry by engaging in military action in Syria, saying they needed to realise that era is over and should instead push for peace talks.

The People’s Daily, the official paper of China’s ruling Communist Party, said yesterday in a com­­mentary that the United States and Russia seemed to be using Syria as a proxy for diplomatic and military competition, as during the Cold War.