China resolutely adheres to a defensive nuclear strategy, and has always adhered to a policy that it will never be the first to use nuclear weapons at any time and under any circumstances.

 

April 22 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) - China issued own nuclear weapons doctrine following similar announcements by Russia and the United States recently.

 

China's new nuclear doctrine published in an official commentary by the Liberation Army Daily newspaper on Thursday, emphasizes a limited nuclear force in the form of a  ‘second strike’ in order to deter foes from using nuclear weapons against it.

 

‘The most basic feature of China's nuclear strategy, in a nutshell, is to be a deterrent but present no threat,’ retired People’s Liberation Army Major General Xu Guagyu wrote in the commentary.

 

‘China resolutely adheres to a defensive nuclear strategy, and has always adhered to a policy that it will never be the first to use nuclear weapons at any time and under any circumstances,’ he wrote. 'The purpose of China’s nuclear deterrent would be to avoid a nuclear arms race,' added Xu Guagyu.

 

China’s new doctrine is a reflection of rationality to the use of a powerful weapon as the last-resort. It stands in contrast to the happily wielding nuclear weapons doctrine issued by the United States, in which Obama classified certain countries to be included in a black-list of nuclear targets while others stood outside the list for the time being.

 

But China’s nuclear doctrine reassures the world community of the world’s most populous nation’s rationality to use a major deterrence as a  self-defense. According to the Guagyu China must have a nuclear force that is ‘real, reliable, effective, that keeps up with the times.’

 

The General explained that a second nuclear strike by China should be so effective in order to make the foe regret using nuclear weapons against China.