China has promised the U.S. will not resort to nuclear weapons or threaten them in the fight over Taiwan — Reuters
For the first time in five years, the US and China have resumed Track Two talks on nuclear weapons in the conflict over Taiwan. Beijing officials told their U.S. counterparts that they would not resort to nuclear threats
According to espreso.tv
After U.S. interlocutors expressed concern that China could use or threaten to use nuclear weapons if defeated in the conflict over Taiwan, Chinese officials assured that they would not do so.
"They told the U.S. side that they are absolutely confident that they can win a conventional struggle over Taiwan without using nuclear weapons", said scholar David Santoro, the U.S. organizer of the Track Two talks.
Track Two negotiators are typically former officials and scholars who can speak authoritatively about their government's position, even if they are not directly involved in determining it. Government-to-government negotiations are known as Track One.
- The U.S. State Department approved the sale of about $360 million worth of missiles and drones to Taiwan.
