Hu Xijin, the editor of Global Times, has called on China to build up a 1,000-strong nuclear weapon arsenal, following the U.S. Strategic Command chief, Adm. Charles Richard, reporting nuclear war as a “real possibility.” Hu writes today that Adm. Richard, said the U.S. “has sought new ways to deter China and Russia, including the `real possibility’ of a nuclear war. To put it simply, he wants the U.S. to carry out nuclear blackmail against China and Russia, and to utilize the hype over a `nuclear war’ to deter the two countries, especially to intimidate China.”