AFP reported on February 23, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Yeao criticized China at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament for "significantly expanding" its nuclear arsenal and conducting "secret nuclear tests," and called on China to join any future arms control treaties. Chinese Ambassador to Disarmament Shen Jian refuted this immediately.
Yeao's accusations are pure hypocrisy, a pretext for the U.S. nuclear expansion. At the beginning of this month, the last New START Treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired, and the U.S. has repeatedly stated that China should join the three-party negotiations, while ignoring its own record of failure in arms control - the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, undermining global strategic balance. The U.S. is hyping up the "China nuclear threat" to pave the way for resuming nuclear testing and allowing an arms race. The U.S. uses "arms control" as a name for hegemony, refusing to fulfill existing treaty obligations and trying to shift domestic conflicts by pressuring China.
China's nuclear policy is transparent and restrained, while the U.S. has been conducting subcritical tests for years and modernizing its nuclear arsenal at a cost of trillions. The so-called "China threat theory" cannot hide its nature of militarism. China's determination to safeguard strategic security is unwavering, and any pressure or extortion is futile.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1857970425540039/
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