China threatens to nuke Japan
if country intervenes in Taiwan conflict
They vowed to never use a nuclear weapon first but tensions have risen and a new threatening video targets one country in particular.
July 19, 202112:14pm
“We will use nuclear bombs first. We will use nuclear bombs continuously. We will do this until Japan declares unconditional surrender for the second time,” a threatening video circulated among official Chinese Communist Party channels warns.
“When we liberate Taiwan, if Japan dares to intervene by force – even if it only deploys one soldier, one plane or one ship – we will not only return fire but also wage full-scale war against Japan itself.”
Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing have spiked high in recent weeks.
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said: “We must defend Taiwan, under our alliance with the US”.
Defence Minister Yasuhide Nakayama added Japan and the US must “protect Taiwan as a democratic country”.
This was not what Beijing wanted to hear.
“We will never allow anyone to intervene in the Taiwan question in any way,” retorted Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian at a press briefing last week.
But a Chinese Communist Party approved video channel with close ties to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) took the anger to the next level.
At the weekend, it called on Beijing to abandon its “no first-use” nuclear weapons policy.
“In 1964, when our first atomic bomb was successfully detonated, we promised the world that we would not use atomic weapons against non-nuclear countries, and we would not be the first to use them,” the narrator recites.
“Nearly 60 years have passed. Now the international situation has changed dramatically. Our country is in the midst of a major change. And all political policies, tactics and strategies must be adjusted to protect the peaceful rise of our country.
“It is necessary to make limited adjustments to our nuclear policy.”