"China urges the US to correct its wrongdoing immediately, liftthe groundless sanctions against the companies and individuals concerned and stop doing things that harm China's interests and Sino-US relations, " the spokeswoman said.
That matters, because if and when his appointment is confirmed by the Senate, Mr Lew will be immediately engulfed in a battle to get Congress to liftthe ceiling on the amount that the Federal government can legally borrow in the financial markets.
The verdict comes five days after Italian fans watched their national team liftthe World Cup -- and lawyers of the four clubs immediately announced plans to appeal.
Lord Haskel called on the government to persuade the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) "to lift their ban immediately".