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Chinese media rebuff new US concerns over nuclear weapons Chinese media have rebuffed concerns by US officials over a recent report which calls into question Beijing's commitment to its "minimum deterrence" strategy and accused the Asian-Pacific country of expanding its nuclear capabilities. The Pentagon and Republican congressmen on Tuesday voiced fresh concerns about China’s buildup of its nuclear forces after an American Federation of Scientists report said satellite images showed China was building a new field of silos near Hami in the eastern part of its Xinjiang region. There has been no official Chinese response to these US reports. Some...
