Beijing Silent Over Russia’s Reported War-Gaming of China Invasion

Beijing has maintained silence on the leaked Russian military documents revealing the Kremlin’s plan to use a tactical nuclear weapon against China during a conflict-like scenario. The documents revealed that President Vladimir Putin’s forces have conducted rehearsals for the use of such weapons early in a conflict with a major world power, including scenarios for an invasion by China, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. “The order has been given by the commander-in-chief … to use nuclear weapons … in the event the enemy deploys second-echelon units and the South threatens to attack further in the direction of the main strike,”…