<p align="justify" class="title">China has criticised a US government report that portrays Beijing as a potential nuclear adversary and called on Washington to honour its commitments to reduce its own arsenal.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Defence Ministry on Sunday said China's military activities are defensive and its nuclear forces are the "minimum level" required for its security.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A ministry statement expressed hope the United States will "abandon a Cold War mentality" and "shoulder its special and prior responsibility for its own nuclear disarmament."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A sweeping US nuclear policy review issued on Friday says Washington wants to prevent Beijing from mistakenly concluding that any use of nuclear weapons, however limited, is acceptable.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">China has criticised a US government report that portrays Beijing as a potential nuclear adversary and called on Washington to honour its commitments to reduce its own arsenal.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Defence Ministry on Sunday said China's military activities are defensive and its nuclear forces are the "minimum level" required for its security.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A ministry statement expressed hope the United States will "abandon a Cold War mentality" and "shoulder its special and prior responsibility for its own nuclear disarmament."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A sweeping US nuclear policy review issued on Friday says Washington wants to prevent Beijing from mistakenly concluding that any use of nuclear weapons, however limited, is acceptable.</p>