China is maintaining its pledge not to be the first to use nuclear weapons in a conflict, a top Chinese general said on Sunday. Omission of the “no-first-use” pledge in a recently released defence white paper had created ripples in military circles and sparked speculation that China may have dropped the policy. “I want to make a solemn statement that the Chinese government will never discard our pledge of no first-use of nuclear arms,” Lieutenant General Qi Jianguo told the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore.
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