Beijing, Dec 6 Pentagon report on China's state of military power misrepresents China's national defense policy, the Chinese side has made a strict representation to the United States, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said on Tuesday. and China's military strategy, makes unfounded assumptions about China's military development, and grossly interferes in China's internal affairs on the Taiwan issue. WeChat network.
«China expresses strong dissatisfaction and strongly disagrees with this, has already made a strong representation to the United States,» added Tan Kefei.
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Tan Kefei emphasized that China adheres to the path of peaceful development and does not seek hegemony or expansion. He called on the United States to abandon the Cold War mentality, stop making erroneous statements and publish erroneous reports, and take practical actions to help return relations between the armies of the two countries to the path of healthy and stable development.
Earlier, the US military department released a report on the state of China's military power which stated that China in the next decade could accelerate the pace of modernization of its nuclear forces and by 2035 produce about 1.5 thousand nuclear warheads. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, commenting on the Pentagon report, said that the United States is inflating the topic of the «Chinese threat» in order to find an excuse to build up its nuclear arsenal and maintain military hegemony.