{"id":2087372,"date":"2023-11-01T21:32:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-and-the-u-s-to-discuss-nuclear-arms\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T21:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:34:01","slug":"china-and-the-u-s-to-discuss-nuclear-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-and-the-u-s-to-discuss-nuclear-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"China and the U.S. to talk about nuclear weapons."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-and-the-u-s-to-discuss-nuclear-arms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2087372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Feng \u2063Li\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/stephanie-stahl\">Stephanie\u2063 Stahl<\/a><br \/>6:13 PM \u2013 Wednesday, November 1, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>The \u200bUnited \u200cStates Prepares for Rare Nuclear Arms Control Talks with China<\/h2>\n<p>The United\u2062 States is now\u2064 gearing \u200bup for unprecedented discussions \u200con nuclear\u2063 arms control with China, marking the first such talks since Barack Obama\u200d was in office in \u20642009.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The expected conversations come in\u2063 response to mounting concerns \u2062surrounding Beijing\u2019s rapid\u200b efforts to expand its supply of atomic weapons. The highly-anticipated discussions are expected to commence next week\u2063 at a basic level. \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the talks is \u200bnot to\u200c reduce the size of China\u2019s nuclear arsenal, but\u2063 rather provide the Biden administration with \u200bdeeper insights into China\u2019s intentions. <\/p>\n<p>This initiative comes\u2062 in \u200dthe wake of a Pentagon report which indicated\u200d that China was accelerating\u2063 its production of nuclear weapons at a pace \u200dexceeding previous \u2062expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions are scheduled to take place\u2062 in the lead-up to President Joe Biden\u2019s upcoming meeting with China\u2019s leader, \u200cXi \u200cJinping, and set to occur at the Asia-Pacific Economic \u2064Cooperation summit in San Francisco \u2063in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The talks represent a \u2063gradual resumption\u200d of\u200c interactions \u200cbetween \u2063the\u2064 U.S. and \u2063China, which\u2064 had been disrupted amidst disputes concerning \u2063Taiwan,\u2062 trade, and other issues. This renewed engagement follows the initial meeting between Biden and\u200b Xi at a Group of 20 summit \u200din Bali a year \u200cago.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200c October, \u200dthe Pentagon released a report indicating \u2064that China possessed approximately 500 nuclear warheads this year and \u2064had intentions\u200b to \u2062increase that number to over 1,000\u2064 by 2030, a pace of expansion faster than anticipated. The\u200b United States,\u200d on the \u2063other hand, maintains around 3,700 nuclear\u2064 warheads.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. leaders\u200c are also concerned about preventing a potential three-way \u2064nuclear arms race involving Russia and China. This\u2064 concern is\u200b particularly strong\u200d as discussions regarding the\u2064 extension \u2064of \u200dthe New \u200bSTART treaty,\u200b which\u200d is due to expire in 2026, have stalled\u200c due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>National Security\u2064 Adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned \u200din June that \u2062the Biden administration was open to engaging with Russia on nuclear arms\u2064 control.\u2063 However, the acceleration \u200bof China\u2019s nuclear arsenal growth has complicated\u2064 these \u200befforts and necessitates\u200d consideration as the U.S. \u2063modernizes its own nuclear forces.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan \u200bemphasized that China\u2019s plan to possess up to 1,500\u200d warheads by \u200c2035 represents \u2062one of the most significant\u2062 peacetime nuclear buildups in history.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200cinformed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox\u200c for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon Musk warns about \u200bthe machines at the Global AI Safety Summit, Donald Trump \u2064Jr. takes the stand and Chinese cash\u2064 may have ended up in Biden\u2019s bank account.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Conservatives and independents are frequent targets of the radical left, and \u200dnow the\u200c Anti-Defamation\u200b League\u200b is being weaponized to blacklist anyone who doesn\u2019t \u200dpromote their far-left agenda. \u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrats are exploiting the tragic\u2064 shooting in Maine in \u2064hopes\u200b of promoting even more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fall-of-andrew-cuomo-how-an-empire-built-on-fear-came-crashing-down\/\" title=\"The Fall Of Andrew Cuomo: How An Empire Built On Fear Came Crashing Down\">restrictive gun control measures<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Director of the F.B.I. warns that the\u200d U.S. is facing the greatest terror threat since ISIS. Yet, he \u2062says it\u2019s not time for panic, but to be \u2063vigilant.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China\u2019s\u2064 most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-chief-christopher-wray-fears-hamas-attacks-could-inspire-terrorism-in-u-s\/\" title=\"FBI Chief Wray concerned about Hamas attacks inspiring US terrorism.\">popular social media platforms \u200dannounced<\/a> that \u201cself-media\u201d accounts with more\u2063 than 500,000\u2062 followers will be asked to display real-name\u2063 information<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Intel rose more than 9% on Friday and sparked a jump \u2064in chip stocks\u2062 after the personal computer market was rebounding\u2062 from its quarters-long slump.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com \u200brose 7% on\u2064 Friday as it aims for a larger share of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-war-orders-starting-to-boost-revenues-for-big-us-defense-contractors\/\" title=\"US defense contractors are seeing increased revenues due to orders related to the Ukraine war.\">booming artificial intelligence market<\/a> in a race\u200d with Microsoft.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s communications regulator will issue a warning to social media firms TikTok\u200b and Meta\u00a0for allegedly blocking pro-Palestinian content on their platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Why \u200dhas China&#8217;s rapid expansion of its nuclear arsenal raised\u2063 concerns for the\u200d United States?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063The United\u2064 States \u2062is gearing up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-and-the-u-s-to-discuss-nuclear-arms\/\" title=\"China and the U.S. to talk about nuclear weapons.\">rare nuclear arms control talks<\/a> with China, marking the first such \u2062talks since Barack Obama was in office in 2009. These discussions come in response to mounting concerns surrounding Beijing&#8217;s rapid\u2063 efforts to expand its supply of atomic weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of these talks is not to \u200creduce the size \u2062of\u2062 China&#8217;s nuclear \u2063arsenal, but rather to provide the Biden administration with deeper\u200b insights into China&#8217;s intentions. This initiative follows a\u2063 Pentagon report indicating that China was\u2063 accelerating its production of \u2062nuclear weapons at a pace exceeding previous expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions are scheduled \u2063to take place \u2063in the\u2062 lead-up to President Joe Biden&#8217;s upcoming meeting with China&#8217;s leader,\u200c Xi Jinping, at the \u200cAsia-Pacific\u2062 Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in two weeks. These talks represent a gradual resumption of interactions between the \u2062U.S. and \u200dChina, \u2062which had been disrupted amidst\u2062 disputes concerning Taiwan, trade, and other \u200cissues.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the Pentagon released a report \u200bindicating that\u200d China possessed approximately 500 nuclear warheads\u2064 this \u200cyear \u200cand had intentions to increase that number to over 1,000 by 2030, a \u2062pace of expansion faster than anticipated. In contrast, the United States\u2064 currently maintains around 3,700 nuclear warheads. U.S. leaders are also concerned about preventing a potential three-way nuclear arms race involving Russia and \u200bChina.<\/p>\n<p>National Security \u200bAdviser \u2064Jake Sullivan mentioned in June that the Biden administration was open to engaging with Russia\u200c on nuclear arms control. However, the acceleration of China&#8217;s nuclear arsenal \u2064growth\u200d has complicated \u200dthese efforts and necessitates consideration \u2064as the U.S. modernizes its own nuclear forces.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan emphasized that China&#8217;s plan \u200bto possess up to\u2062 1,500 warheads by 2035 represents one of the most significant peacetime nuclear buildups in history.<\/p>\n<p>These \u2064upcoming\u200b talks between the United States and\u200c China will provide a crucial \u2062opportunity to address concerns and gain \u200bbetter\u200d clarity on China&#8217;s nuclear intentions. As the world grapples with the potential consequences of a three-way nuclear arms race, it is imperative for nations to engage\u200c in dialogue and work towards\u2064 arms control and non-proliferation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US and China will engage in rare talks on nuclear arms control, the first since Obama&#8217;s presidency in 2009. 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