Washington's hysteria about Chinese hypersonic missile threat is just an excuse for its own military expansion, says Beijing

Speaking on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Beijing firmly opposed the US continuously exaggerating the "China threat theory." He stated that Beijing's only interest was self-defense, and claimed it would not engage in a nuclear arms race with any country. "China's development of necessary military capabilities is entirely to safeguard its legitimate national security interests. The growth of China's power is the growth of peaceful forces," he said, adding that no country would have to fight Chinese forces if they did not threaten Beijing's sovereignty. Wang claimed the recent hysteria over a Chinese hypersonic rocket launch was…