A group of soldiers holding 100 army flags representing PLA units with glorious histories rolls by for inspection during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in central Beijing. (LIU DAWEI / CHINA DAILY)
BEIJING – A Chinese defense spokesman on Friday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to a recent report on China's military development released by the US Department of Defense.
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Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said the report disregards facts and is fraught with bias.
The United States is the largest source of nuclear threat across the globe, said Wu Qian, a spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defense
The report fabricated the so-called "Chinese military threat", made groundless accusations against China's nuclear capacity building, and interfered in China's internal affairs involving Taiwan and other issues, Wu said, adding that China has made solemn representations with the US side.
Wu said China's military development is aimed at safeguarding the country's sovereignty, security and development interests. "It does not target any country, nor does it pose a threat to any other country," he added.
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The United States is the largest source of nuclear threat across the globe, Wu said.
Wu reiterated that there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.
He said increasing tensions across the Taiwan Straits are primarily caused by the Democratic Progressive Party authority's attempts to bank on foreign support in seeking "Taiwan independence."
"Any attempt to interfere in China's internal affairs or bully China is doomed to fail before the great wall of steel forged by the People's Liberation Army," Wu said.