I purposefully used the Global Times (CCP state run news source) for all those links - it is interesting reading what they directly want the world to read.
Anyway the original message was much more colorful. This video from Chinese military channel https://youtu.be/7vKf5SXnsHA
Yes they pulled it after 2 million views. The Japanese exception to no first use message was delivered pretty clearly though.
When was the last time PBS or NPR called for expanding nuclear capabilities 10x? In China it was last year.
CCPs no-first-use is just window dressing on the MAD status quo of the world. Perhaps it makes them think they look moral? Their cavalier way of discussing it is disgusting.
It is worth asking if China is being practical or paranoid when it comes to shoring up its nuclear arsenal. As an American, I see the US as a democracy with a penchant for electing an unstable leader of the armed forces with a severe personality disorder who casually talks about using nuclear weapons.
Seems like a practical move to make sure they have solid rocket motors and warheads not in storage. That guarantees MAD regardless of who the US elects, thus all generals on both sides will truthfully say any nuclear confrontation is unwinnable.
Anyway the original message was much more colorful. This video from Chinese military channel https://youtu.be/7vKf5SXnsHA
Yes they pulled it after 2 million views. The Japanese exception to no first use message was delivered pretty clearly though.
When was the last time PBS or NPR called for expanding nuclear capabilities 10x? In China it was last year.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1187766.shtml
CCPs no-first-use is just window dressing on the MAD status quo of the world. Perhaps it makes them think they look moral? Their cavalier way of discussing it is disgusting.