Shrugging off Queen Elizabeth II’s complaints about the rudeness of Chinese officials, an influential Chinese newspaper responded by attacking the British media for making such a fuss about the story.

The queen was caught on camera at a garden party this week lamenting how Chinese officials had been ‘‘very rude’’ to the British ambassador last year — walking out of a meeting to discuss arrangements for President Xi Jinping’s state visit.

The nationalist state-owned Global Times newspaper said relations between the two countries would not be damaged by the incident, arguing that a new ‘‘golden era’’ in ties was unshakable. But it said some frictions were to be expected as ties deepened.

‘‘It is not a big deal to complain in private,’’ the newspaper said. ‘‘Chinese diplomats surely also complained about British officials privately.’’

The British media, though, had blown the incident out of all proportion, it argued, treating the story like a ‘‘precious treasure.’’

‘‘The reckless gossip-fiends in the media there, narcissistic and baring their fangs, seemingly retain vestiges of the inelegance of barbarians,’’ the paper said.

‘‘But with constant exposure to 5,000 years of continuous Eastern civilization, we believe they will make progress,’’ it said in an editorial published in Chinese, but not in the paper’s English-language edition.

Washington Post