China today lashed out at a Pentagon report on its expanding military capabilities. Beijing said the US Defence Department report was not beneficial for military ties between the two major powers, while state media branded the dossier aggressive and said it exaggerated the power of China's armed forces. A spokesman for China's defence ministry Geng Yansheng said the country was on a path of peaceful development. In a statement the spokesman said issuing this report is not beneficial for the improvement and development of Sino-US military ties. The Pentagon report to the US Congress said China's military strategists were looking to extend their reach to be able to hit targets as far away as mainland Japan, the Philippines and the US territory of Guam.