According to a report in RT, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin stated on Friday that the new U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) “smacks heavily of Cold War and zero-sum mentality” and “uses nuclear weapons as tools to advance [the U.S.] geopolitical agenda. I need to stress that in this latest NPR, the U.S. has made irresponsible remarks and accusations as well as groundless speculations on China’s normal modernization of its nuclear forces,” Wang told reporters on Friday, adding that the United States has specifically “tailored” a “nuclear deterrence strategy” against Beijing.
“China is seriously concerned about and firmly opposed to such a move. Let me make it clear that we have the capability and confidence to safeguard our national security interests. The U.S.’s nuclear blackmail will not work on China.”
Wang went on to say that the updated American policy “lower[s] the threshold for using nuclear weapons” while at the same time “hyping up the so-called nuclear threat from certain countries… What’s behind the U.S. policy is its hegemonic logic of seeking absolute military superiority, which could stoke a nuclear arms race.” (https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/202210/t20221028_10793767.html)
