The draft report, which could still change, also assesses that China does not want to have talks on arms control, Reuters reported, as is hoped for by President Donald Trump, who is pushing for denuclearization with Beijing as well as Russia and North Korea.
"As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a responsible nuclear-weapon state, China has always adhered to the path of peaceful development, pursued a policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, maintained a defensive nuclear strategy, kept its nuclear forces at the minimum level required for national security, and abided by its commitment to a moratorium on nuclear testing," Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., told Newsweek in a statement.
