China Denies US Claims That it Conducted Nuclear Explosion Tests.

The article focuses on China's official response to US allegations of conducting nuclear explosive tests. China denied these claims, emphasizing its no-first-use nuclear policy, self-defensive strategy, and maintaining nuclear forces at minimal levels for national security. The Chinese Ministry of National Defense accused the US of undermining global nuclear stability by backtracking on arms-control commitments and urged Washington to uphold the testing moratorium. Additionally, China rejected accusations from Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding coercive military actions, asserting its operations are lawful and warning against Japan's security policy changes, which Beijing views as reminiscent of past militarism. [Extracted from the article]