NEW NUCLEAR POLICY: China accusses US of ‘Cold War’ mentality

Days after Washington published a document outlining it’s plans to expand its nuclear capabilities to deter others, Asian giants, China has accused the US of having a ‘Cold War’ mentally.

In a statement issued by China’s Ministry of Defence on Sunday, the United States was urged to drop its “Cold War mentality” and not misread its military build-up.

“Peace and development are irreversible global trends. The United States, the country that owns the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, should take the initiative to follow the trend instead of going against it,” the statement read.

According to reports, the review of U.S. nuclear policy has already riled Russia, which viewed the document as confrontational, and raised fears that it could increase the risk of miscalculation between the two countries.

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The review of U.S. nuclear policy is coming days after the director of the CIA Mike Pompeo revealed in an interview with the BBC that China is a “big threat” to the USA just as Russia which has been fingered to have influenced the last presidential polls which brought Donald Trump to power.

Pompeo said that China’s efforts to exert covert influence over the West are just as concerning as Russian subversion and also added that the Chinese “have a much bigger footprint” to do this than the Russians do.

The CIA chief who is a former hard-line Republican congressman also cited efforts by the Chinese to steal US commercial information and infiltration of schools and hospitals – and this extended to Europe and the UK.

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