China will firmly abide by its defensive national defense policy
and will seek neither military expansion nor hegemony, Chinese
International Strategy Institute President Xiong Guangkai said on
Friday.
Xiong made the remarks during a speech at the Asian Security and
Defense Institute of Japan, where he expounded China's guidelines
on security and defense as well as military exchanges.
About China's defensive nuclear strategy, Xiong reiterated that
China has been and will be coherently adhering to its policy of not
resorting to nuclear at a first place at any time and in any
circumstances, and will keep its unconditional promise of not using
and not threatening to use nuclear weapons on any country or region
free of nuclear.
China endorses general prohibition and extermination of nuclear
weapons, he said.
About China's policy on military exchanges with other countries,
Xiong said that while standing by its peaceful co-existence
principles, China supports the new security notion of mutual trust,
mutual benefit, equality and synergy, and calls for the development
of external military relations which are not aimed at alignment,
confrontation, or targeting a third country.
He also introduced to the audience China's peaceful development
policy and things related with China's defense expenditure and
foreign military exchanges.
(Xinhua News Agency April 21, 2007)
