{"id":579652,"date":"2021-07-02T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T13:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=579652"},"modified":"2021-07-02T09:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T13:50:53","slug":"state-dept-voices-concern-regarding-chinas-growing-nuclear-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-voices-concern-regarding-chinas-growing-nuclear-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. voices concern regarding China\u2019s growing nuclear arsenal"},"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%2Fstate-dept-voices-concern-regarding-chinas-growing-nuclear-arsenal%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=579652&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--><div id=\"attachment_2444159\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2444159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price is pictured answering questions during a press briefing. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:42 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, July 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>U.S. officials are sounding the alarm on China\u2019s growing nuclear arsenal. Specifically, the State Department voiced concern over the rapid expansion. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/briefings\/department-press-briefing-july-1-2021\/#China\">press briefing<\/a> on Thursday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price urged Beijing to reduce its nuclear arms.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/china-nuclear-missile-silos\/2021\/06\/30\/0fa8debc-d9c2-11eb-bb9e-70fda8c37057_story.html\">a Washington Post report<\/a> on Wednesday, Chinese officials have started construction on roughly 100 new missile silos located in a western desert region of the country. Price said the build-up of China\u2019s nuclear arsenal is concerning and is raising questions on their intentions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese reports and other developments suggests that the PRC\u2019s (People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s) nuclear arsenal will grow more quickly and to a higher level than perhaps previously anticipated,\u201d stated the U.S. official. \u201cThis buildup, it is concerning. It raises questions about the PRC\u2019s intents and for us, it reinforces the importance of pursuing practical measures to reduce nuclear risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price went on to stress the importance of nuclear power talks between nations in hopes of reducing nuclear dangers and avoiding miscalculations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ICYMI: &#8220;US Calls Buildup of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a>&#8216;s Nuclear Arsenal &#8216;Concerning&#8217;.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Reuters<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VOANews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VOANews<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lsX7Qs1eAw\">https:\/\/t.co\/lsX7Qs1eAw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RptBugzjJY\">pic.twitter.com\/RptBugzjJY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Thiels (@ThielsChristian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThielsChristian\/status\/1410889703121985548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/wuhan-lab-researcher-linked-to-military-scientists-nbc-news-finds-115706437674\">a report by NBC News<\/a> alleged the Chinese military has ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The report from last week found a chief Chinese scientist at the Wuhan lab, Shi Zhengli, collaborated with at least two officials with the People\u2019s Liberation Army of China. Her contacts with Chinese military scientists date back to 2018 and 2019. They were related to gain of function research.<\/p>\n<p>The mainstream media has long dismissed the Chinese military\u2019s involvement with COVID-19 as a conspiracy theory, but new evidence appears to confirm such assertions. Meanwhile, congressional Republicans are investigating the Wuhan lab experiments that were reportedly funded by Dr. Anthony Fauci\u2019s National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the tune of $600,000. If the involvement of Chinese military with Wuhan research is confirmed, Dr. Fauci\u2019s actions may raise a national security concern.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-mccarthy-comments-on-dem-failures\/\">Rep. McCarthy Comments On Dem Failures<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price is pictured answering questions during a press briefing. 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