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[15] [19] It is in China's interest to end the conflict, which will have a positive impact on the global economy and reduce nuclear tensions following Russia's repeated threats to use nuclear weapons, [22] but the country benefits from continued tensions that divert the attention and resources of China's political opponents. [12] [23]
[96] [97] China's total trade with Russia was a record $190 billion in 2022. [98] In the same year, China accounted for 40% of Russia's imports. [99] In the first half of 2023, models from Chinese car companies accounted for more than a third of all sales in Russia. [100] In 2023, China's total trade with Russia reached a record $240 billion. [101]
A potential disaster may exceed the scale of previous disasters at nuclear power plants. [106] [107] According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), "The situation in Ukraine is unprecedented. It is the first time a military conflict has occurred amid the facilities of a large, established nuclear power" program. [108]
As Radakin defined it, the first nuclear age was during the Cold War, when the U.S. and Soviet Union amassed colossal arsenals and were “governed by the risk of uncontrollable escalation and the ...
China, which is expanding its nuclear weapons capabilities, urged in February that the largest nuclear powers should first negotiate a no-first-use treaty between each other. (Reporting By Greg ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -States with the largest nuclear arsenals should negotiate a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard, the ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the joint statement. [1] Ma Zhaoxu, vice-minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China, said in a media interview that the joint statement, the first by the leaders of the five countries on nuclear weapons, reflects the political will of the five countries to prevent nuclear war and sends a common voice to maintain global strategic ...
According to those remarks, U.S. strategy was to pursue nuclear arms restraints with China and Russia, but if China continued on its current trajectory and if Russia exceeds New START limits, the ...