China said on Tuesday that China is a peace-loving country and constitutes no threat to anyone, so it is of no use to be bugging China.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said he does "not see any impact" on Sino-US ties from the reported discovery of a series of bugging devices on the US-built jet for President Jiang Zemin.

"I have also heard this news, but at present I have no knowledge of this, and don't see any impact of this event on other issues," he told a press briefing.

Reports said over the weekend that 27 bugs had been discovered after the Boeing 767 was delivered from the United States.

(China Daily January 22, 2002)