China will never use nuclear weapons first - Foreign Ministry
"China is devoted to peaceful development and nuclear self -defense strategy and undertakes to never use the first nuclear weapons under no circumstances," Chinese official said during a conference of the Nuclear Weapons Non -Publication Treaty. He also added that the United States "should withdraw its nuclear weapons from Europe and not place it in other countries of the world.
" Earlier, Global Times reported that China's armed forces are planning to launch battle missiles during the exercises that will begin near Taiwan. On July 27, it became known that China and the United States were increasing military force around the Taiwanese Strait. China conducted sudden training in combat shooting with the RSSU in the narrowest place of the Taiwanese Strait - between the mainland China and the main island of Taiwan.
On July 28, Chinese state media reported that China's leader Xi Jinping had warned US President Joe Biden about the consequences of "intervention" in Taiwan's case, saying that the White House Head was "playing with fire". Beijing warned Washington of the inadmissibility of Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. On July 31, Pelosi went to the tour of Asia. There was no visit to Taiwan in the official program. Taiwan is a partially recognized state that China considers its territory.