The Chinese representatives offered reassurances after their US interlocutors raised concerns that China might use nuclear weapons. If it faced defeat in a conflict over Taiwan. The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing’s. Representatives telling US counterparts that they would not resort to atomic threats over Taiwan, according to two American delegates who attended.us-china-resume-nuclear-talks-after-5-years-amid-taiwan-conflict
The Chinese representatives offered reassurances after their U.S. interlocutors raised concerns that China might use, or threaten to use, nuclear weapons if it faced defeat in a conflict over Taiwan. Beijing views the democratically governed island as its territory, a claim rejected by the government in Taipei.
“They tell the U.S. side that they were absolutely convince that they are able to prevail in a conventional fight over Taiwan without using nuclear weapons.” Said scholar David Santoro, the U.S. organiser of the Track Two talks. The details of which are being reported by Reuters for the first time.
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Participants in Track Two talks are generally former officials and academics. Who can speak with authority on their government’s position, even if they are not directly involved with setting it. Government-to-government negotiations are know as Track One. Washington was represent by about half a dozen delegates. Including former officials and scholars at the two-day discussions, which took place in a Shanghai hotel conference room.
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Members of the Chinese delegation and Beijing’s defence ministry did not respond to requests for comment. The informal discussions between the nuclear-armed powers took place with the U.S. and China at odds over major economic and geopolitical issues. With leaders in Washington and Beijing accusing each other of dealing in bad faith.
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