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  China ‘ready to use N-weapons against US’
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Last EditedThe Sunset Provision  Jul 14, 2005 05:42pm
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News DateThursday, July 14, 2005 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionChina is prepared to use nuclear weapons against the US if it is attacked by Washington during a confrontation over Taiwan, according to a senior Chinese military official.

“If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons,” Zhu Chenghu, a major general in the People's Liberation Army, said at an official briefing.

Mr Zhu, who is also a professor at China's National Defence University, was speaking at a function for foreign journalists organised, in part, by the Chinese government. He added that China's definition of its territory includes warships and aircraft.
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