In China, they sharply reacted to reports that US President Joe Biden approved a “secret nuclear strategy focused on the threat from China.” The corresponding statement was made at a briefing by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Mao Nin.
The official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the United States with the largest advanced nuclear arsenal is stubbornly following the policy of nuclear deterrence based on the use of nuclear weapons, and also continue to invest in the modernization of its nuclear triad, openly adapting the strategies of nuclear deterrence for other countries. “The USA is the world’s largest creator of strategic risks and a nuclear threat,” Mao Nin emphasized.
She noted that the sizes of the nuclear arsenal of China are by no means at the same level as the USA.
According to her, China adheres to the policy of “non -use of nuclear weapons” first “and retains its nuclear potential at the minimum level, exactly the one that is necessary for national self -defense. “We do not intend to join the arms race with other countries,” said the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
In addition, Mao Nin called on Washington to fulfill her “priority responsibility for nuclear disarmament and continue to reduce the nuclear arsenal.”
The United States must stop taking negative steps, including the joint use of nuclear weapons, nuclear unions and other actions that undermine the global and regional worlds and stability, ”said the Chinese diplomat.
Earlier, The New York Times (NYT) published an article that states that in March the head of the White House Joe Bayden approved a “secret nuclear strategy focused on the threat from China.”
The article says that Biden first reviewed the US deterrence strategy, focusing on the rapid expansion of Chinese nuclear technologies and “Arms.”
The US President also instructed his armed forces to prepare for possible nuclear clashes with Russia, China and North Korea.