“We must be prepared for an intense showdown between China and the U.S.,” Hu wrote in a Thursday op-ed for the Global Times. “The number of China’s nuclear warheads must reach the quantity that makes U.S. elites shiver should they entertain the idea of engaging in a military confrontation with China.”

China state media says country must prepare for nuclear war with U.S. after Biden asks for COVID probe
Hu Xijin, the editor of the Chinese state-run newspaper the Global Times, advocated for the buildup of China’s nuclear arsenal to make “elites” in America “shiver.”
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”
W. Shakespeare