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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025
Beijing rejects US report on Chinese warheads

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Reuters
02 September, 2020, 02:00 pm
Last modified: 02 September, 2020, 02:04 pm

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Beijing rejects US report on Chinese warheads

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now

Reuters
02 September, 2020, 02:00 pm
Last modified: 02 September, 2020, 02:04 pm
Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019/ Reuters
Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019/ Reuters

China's foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected a US report that Beijing was expected to double the number of its nuclear warheads.

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now.

Hua Chunying, spokeswoman of the Chinese foreign ministry, told a news briefing that the report is filled with bias.

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