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Recently, the international scene has become lively again, and President Trump has come up with new ideas.
August 25,Trump suddenly said that the United States and Russia were discussing reducing nuclear weapons together, and wanted to bring China in and talk together。
As a result, in less than two days, Beijing responded, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiangkun said directly at the press conference,This is neither reasonable nor realistic.”
Trump publicly said on August 25 that the United States and Russia were discussing nuclear weapons cuts, and he specifically stressed:I hope China will also participate.
Actually, this is not the first time he has said that.
As early as February 13 this year, he raised similar ideas, wanting to bring China and Russia together to reduce nuclear weapons.And by the way, cut defense spending in half。
And as you all know,Trump always wanted a Nobel Peace Prize.。
Some Norwegian media broke the news that in July this year, he even called Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg directly to ask if he might be nominated.
Some analysts think that Trump did this, and that there was actually his own political design behind it. The latest Pew Research Center survey shows,His approval rating has dropped to 38%It has fallen by 3 percentage points since the beginning of June.
According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2024 Yearbook, the United States has 1,770 deployed nuclear warheads, Russia has 1,710, and China has about 500.
The United States and Russia combined, account for more than 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons.It’s like “4000 to 500,” and the gap is so big that the so-called “synchronous cuts” don’t sound fair.
The number of nuclear weapons in China has been kept at sufficient.Minimum level of national security needsThat is, China’s nuclear power is used for defense, not to attack or threaten other countries.
In contrast, the nuclear weapons of the United States and Russia were accumulated during the Cold War. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union competed for hegemony and desperately built nuclear weapons.Enough to destroy the earth several times。
The strategic security environment faced by China is completely different from that of the United StatesThe United States is surrounded by either friendly countries or small and weak countries, such as Canada and Mexico, which cannot pose any threat to the United States.
But China's surrounding environment is more complicated.India has made small moves from time to time, and the border situation has recently been tense.
North,Japan and the United States joined together, as if they were going on the old way of militarism.。Across the South China Sea, U.S. warships and aircraft carriers often come around like home.
The U.S. is often around China.Like the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the India-Pakistan conflict, the Iraq-Israel conflict, the Thailand-Cambodia conflict, and the Philippines' encouragement to engage in petty actions on the Taiwan issue.
While calling for nuclear disarmament, the United States has accelerated the development of new strategic weapons programs. For example, deploying Columbia-class nuclear submarines and developing low-yield nuclear warheads.
The U.S. defense budget will increase by another 3% in 2025.reached $895 billionAmong them, nuclear weapons modernization projects accounted for 70 billion, which is exactly the same as disarmament.
The United States often breaks contracts and withdraws from the group casuallyIn the past, in order to threaten Russia, he also intentionally opened nuclear submarines to the Russian doorstep, showing up his nuclear weapons.
Trump withdrew from the INF Treaty and the Iran Nuclear Agreement in the last term.Therefore, everyone doubts whether his "nuclear disarmament initiative" is sincere.
China has always insisted on not being the first to use nuclear weapons。This policy has been said for decades and has never changed.
China's nuclear forces have been maintained at the lowest level required for national security. In other words, China has no intention of engaging in an arms race with any country.
China supports general and complete nuclear disarmament.But insist that disarmament must be fair and reasonable。 The countries with the most nuclear weapons should take the lead in reducing nuclear weapons first. This is everyone's consensus.
Agencies such as the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs have said many times thatNuclear disarmament should follow the principle of "major powers first, others later"That is to say, the United States and Russia should take action first
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons also clearly stipulates that the countries with the largest number of nuclear weapons must reduce them first, and they must be irreversible and verifiable. Only in this way can conditions be created for other countries to join.
The new Treaty on the Reduction of Strategic Weapons expires on February 5, 2026.If there is no renewal or no new agreement at the time, the global nuclear arms race is likely to begin again.
The United States and Russia have also signed nuclear disarmament agreements before,But the U.S. frequently retreats.。Such behavior undermines trust in the international arms control system.
Trump may feel that everyone will only listen to the superficial meaning and will not study carefully. hearing that "Russia and the United States are all nuclear powers" felt that it was reasonable for China to participate in nuclear disarmament negotiations.
But he may not have imagined that now information is so transparent that anyone can view the data.The United States and Russia each have more than 5,000 nuclear weapons.China only has 500 pieces, so the gap is so bigIt cannot be solved by shouting a few slogans.
Trump's proposal also contains deeper thoughts,We want to use "nuclear negotiations" to pull China away from China-Russia relations.。
But Russia is not stupid either, and people in the Kremlin were quick to tell TASS that Russia would not accept any terms that would weaken its nuclear forces.
Trump waited for two days and waited for a six-word response from the Chinese Foreign Ministry:“Neither reasonable nor realistic.”
The United States and Russia together account for more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons, and spend a lot of money each year on modernization.True nuclear disarmament should begin with them.
China has always been willing to contribute to world peace, but it will not compromise on national security issues.
References:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to Trump's China-related remarks: It is unreasonable and unrealistic to ask China to join the trilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations between China, the United States and Russia 2025-08-27 15:24 | Source: Global Network
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Trump reiterates negotiations with Russia and China on denuclearization 2025-08-28 11:00 PM
4. "The United States approves the sale of missiles and related equipment to NATO worth more than US $100 million" 2025-08-28 07:32 | Source: China News Network