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China should review its policy of not being the first to use a nuclear weapon in a conflict, as it comes under growing pressure from the US and its military alliances, a former diplomat said. Sha Zukang, who was the Chinese ambassador for disarmament affairs to the UN in Geneva in the 1990s and is now retired, also said it was only “a matter of time” before China joined an arms control pact with the US and Russia, but that would depend on American progress on nuclear arms reduction. He made the remarks at a conference in Beijing last week...
