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Fresh calls to scale up China’s nuclear arsenal have caused a few raised eyebrows, as the Global Times, sister publication of the paramount Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily, has argued that China risks being eased out of the global superpower club if it fails to strengthen its strategic deterrence. The paper insisted that China must […]