How China’s Xi Jinping eyes global domination: 20 lakh troops, 500 nuke warheads

While Europe is witnessing conflict in Ukraine, China has built a massive military that now poses the greatest threat to the world. According to The Sun report, Beijing with its army and nuclear arsenal is expediting its ability to unleash its full might and looking at global domination.

Xi Jinping, considered by many China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, has ruled the country with an iron fist and jails anyone who criticises his regime. His Communist regime has poured billions into the development of new weapons.

According to UK’s International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), China’s defence budget stood at a whopping 175 billion pounds ( ₹18.30 lakh crore) last year. With more than 20 lakh active personnel, the Chinese army is the biggest in the world. The US has an army of around 13 lakh active reserves.

China could have 500 nuke warheads

According to the report, China could have now 500 nuclear warheads, and more are being developed. US and Russia have over 5,000 nuclear warheads each, but experts believe that Beijing’s ability to pump in money to develop more weapons means there is a hidden threat.

According to Meia Nouwens, a China expert at the IISS, the West will be looking to strengthen its war arsenal in view of the Chinese military might. However, some Western countries fear that they will not be able to match up to Chinese war machine.

China’s Taiwan ambitions

It is no secret that China considers Taiwan as its own territory and has declared to occupy it by force if needed. The island, that split from mainland China in 1949, asserts itself as a self-governing nation.

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