China says it will continue to develop nuclear arsenal and US and Russia must make first cuts


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News Snapshot: China’s senior arms control official has said the country will continue to upgrade its nuclear arsenal and urged the United States and Russia to take the first steps to reduce their larger stockpiles in the wake of a pledge by five leading nuclear powers to only use the weapons for defensive purposes . “China will continue to modernise its nuclear arsenal for reliability and safety issues,” Fu Cong, director general of the department of arms control at the Chinese foreign ministry, said on Tuesday. China ‘pushed for big 5 nuclear nations pledge’ to not target other countries He...