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China Warns Japan's Nuclear Plans Could Spark Catastrophe

11/26/2025

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Victor Gao, vice president of the Center for China and Globalization, warned that Japan developing nuclear weapons would trigger a "moment of annihilation."
The warning follows Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's consideration of revising Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which ban possession, production, and introduction of nuclear weapons.
Senior officials have floated the possibility of introducing nuclear submarines.
Gao emphasized that Japan's past actions have provoked global opposition to its weapons of mass destruction.

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Victor Gao, vice president of the Center for China and Globalization, warned that Japan developing nuclear weapons would trigger a "moment of annihilation."
The warning follows Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's consideration of revising Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which ban possession, production, and introduction of nuclear weapons.
Senior officials have floated the possibility of introducing nuclear submarines.
Gao emphasized that Japan's past actions have provoked global opposition to its weapons of mass destruction.