China Denounces U.S. Attempt To Dominate World Using Nuclear Weapons

Aug. 18—China has denounced the United States for attempting to maintain hegemony and intimidate the world with nuclear weapons. Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense of China, charged that the United States and Japan recently have been playing up the so-called “China military threat” to make up excuses for closer military ties, reported Xinhua. Such acts provoke bloc confrontation and undermine regional peace and stability, Zhang said, China 'expressing firm opposition to the creation of a new axis against China.

The United States poses the biggest nuclear threat to the world, Zhang said, adding that it possesses the largest nuclear arsenal in the world and follows a nuclear policy that allows first-use of nuclear weapons.

He went on to denounce Japan, the only country victimized by nuclear strikes, for not learning lessons from history, but pandering to the United States to gain the so-called “nuclear deterrence.”

China pursues a nuclear strategy of self-defense, and is committed to the policy of no first use of nuclear weapons, Zhang said, noting that China keeps its nuclear capabilities at the minimum level required for national security. “We urge the United States and Japan to abandon their Cold War mentality, recognize that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, reduce the role of nuclear weapons in national and collective security policies, and take concrete actions to promote global strategic stability, instead of doing the opposite,” Zhang said.