China says reports of demands on nuclear power complicating EU talks are fake

China's foreign ministry said on Thursday that media reports of Chinese demands on nuclear power investment complicating bilateral talks with the European Union are "fake". Discussions on the China-EU investment pact are proceeding "smoothly", Wang Wenbin, a spokesman at the Chinese foreign ministry, said at a regular briefing.

Negotiations have stalled at the last stretch because China is raising additional demands on nuclear energy, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported on Wednesday.