In recent years, some US politicians and media have been committed to playing up the "China threat theory". A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that China's assessment of the US threat has changed, so China will speed up the expansion of its nuclear arsenal. After an assessment by the U.S. military, the U.S. military believes that by the end of the 2020s, the number of Chinese nuclear warheads may expand to 1,000. If the United States directly prevents China from achieving reunification by sending troops, it may lead to a nuclear strike.
The U.S. media played up the mood of war
The US media claimed that China had begun to promote the expansion of its nuclear arsenal long before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and china believed that the development of nuclear weapons would help prevent the United States from interfering in the Taiwan Strait issue. In addition, the article also mentioned that under the leadership of Trump and Biden, the US government has become more and more tough on China, and if China does not further enhance its nuclear capabilities, then the United States will exert more pressure on China.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that the Biden administration has hyped up the topic of China's "nuclear expansion". At present, the Biden administration is preparing to introduce a new nuclear policy, in order to gain the recognition of the American people, the Biden administration constantly plays up the "China threat theory" and tries to pave the way for its own policy by harming China's interests.
Previously, there were voices in the United States calling on the Biden administration to make a commitment to the world not to take the lead in using nuclear weapons, but various indications show that the Biden administration is more "reckless" in the development of nuclear weapons, which will increase the risk of global nuclear conflicts.
According to US media reports, the United States is currently preparing to develop the next generation of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, which are named "Sentinel" and can carry W87 nuclear warheads, which shows that the United States is speeding up the upgrade of nuclear weapons. In addition, the Biden administration has submitted a defense budget for fiscal year 2023, of which $34.4 billion is used to maintain and upgrade nuclear arsenals, compared with $27.7 billion for this work in fiscal year 2022.
In addition, the United States is also stepping up its efforts to intervene in the Taiwan Strait issue. A few days ago, the US media exposed that Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, will visit Taiwan, but she has to postpone the trip due to the new crown infection. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and others have also repeatedly issued threats against China in an attempt to obstruct China's settlement of the Taiwan Strait issue.
The United States has behaved badly
In addition to maliciously smearing China, the United States also recently approved an arms sale to Taiwan, which is expected to sell $95 million of armaments to Taiwan. In this regard, Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said that the US arms sale to the Taiwan region seriously violates the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiques, especially the "August 17" communique, grossly interferes in China's internal affairs, seriously damages China's sovereignty and security interests, and seriously undermines Sino-US relations between the two armed forces and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait region.