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How an expanded nuclear program in China could change arms control

How an expanded nuclear program in China could change arms control

Update: 2025-11-21
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China is rapidly expanding its nuclear forces, building new missile silos and increasing its stockpile of nuclear warheads. Russia and the US still have more atomic bombs than the rest of the world, but a new nuclear arms race could be expanding beyond those two powers, just as the only major nuclear agreement between the US and Russia is set to expire next year. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

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How an expanded nuclear program in China could change arms control

How an expanded nuclear program in China could change arms control

Matthew Bell