China tests nuclear weapons in secret and is massively expanding its arsenal of doomsday warheads, US claims

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CHINA has been accused of a massive nuclear expansion as well as carrying out secret tests, as the United States bids to force Beijing to join a future arms control treaty. Washington has claimed the lapse in New START, the last nuclear treaty between the US and Russia, opened up the chance to strike a “better agreement” – one that could include Beijing. Christopher Yeaw – Trump’s assistant secretary of state for arms control and non-proliferation – said the previous agreement had been seriously flawed. Speaking at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, he said New START “did not account…