'Hope US Safeguards Global Strategic Balance': China As Trump Orders Resumption Of Nuclear Tests

Last Updated:October 30, 2025, 14:36 IST

China has urged the United States to honour its commitments under the nuclear-test-ban treaty and maintain the global moratorium on nuclear testing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L)/US President Donald Trump (R) at a summit in South Korea (Photos: AP)

Hours after Donald Trump ordered the US military to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, China on Thursday urged the US to “earnestly abide" by a global nuclear testing ban.

In a statement, China’s Foreign Ministry called for the US to abide by its commitment to a moratorium on nuclear testing and uphold the global strategic balance and stability.

“China hopes the United States will earnestly abide by the obligations of the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty and its commitment to a ban on nuclear testing, and take concrete actions to safeguard the global nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation system and safeguard global strategic balance and stability," AFP quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Guo Jiakun, as saying.

Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One helicopter flying to meet Xi for a trade negotiating session in Busan, South Korea.

He said he was instructing the Pentagon to test the US nuclear arsenal on an “equal basis" with other nuclear powers.

“Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately," Trump posted.

“Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years," his post read.

No nuclear power, other than North Korea, has carried out explosive testing in more than 25 years.

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Vani Mehrotra

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

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