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| Beijing concerned about NATO's 'China nuclear threat theory' |
| 2021-09-08 |
| [EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] China has expressed concern about NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... ’s assertions about an alleged nuclear threat from Beijing, stressing that the country is not involved in any arms race and its nuclear activities are for national security purposes."China is gravely concerned about and firmly opposes the ’China nuclear threat theory’ NATO has been hyping up lately. China follows a self-defensive nuclear strategy, with nuclear forces always kept at the minimum level required to safeguard national security," Chinese Foreign Ministry front man Wang Wenbin told a news briefing in the capital, Beijing, on Tuesday. "We are committed to no first use of nuclear weapons at any time or under any circumstances and pledge unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapon-free zones. China has never taken part in any form of the nuclear arms race, nor has it deployed nuclear weapons overseas," Wang added. The remarks came after NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged China at a NATO conference a day earlier to join international efforts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and said Beijing’s nuclear capability allegedly lacked transparency. Stoltenberg also claimed that China was rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal, including through large-scale building of new nuclear missile silos. Wang said China posed no threat to any country unless it was targeted or threatened, saying, "No country will be threatened or should feel threatened by China’s national defense capability as long as it does not intend to threaten or harm China’s illusory sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity." Wang hit out at NATO for its lack of nuclear transparency, saying the alliance should abandon the policy for the sake of arms control and avoiding nuclear conflicts. |
| Posted by:Fred |