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		</div><p>The Chinese government has said countries with the largest nuclear arsenals should take the lead in disarmament, after US president-elect Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin said they wanted to strengthen their nations&#8217; nuclear capabilities.</p>
<p>Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Beijing is &#8220;paying close attention&#8221; to whatever nuclear weapons policy Mr Trump&#8217;s administration will follow.</p>
<p>After meeting with Pentagon officials and defence contractors a day earlier, Mr Trump tweeted on Thursday: <i>&#8220;The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>His comments came hours after Mr Putin said he wanted to strengthen Russia&#8217;s own nuclear capabilities in the coming year.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes</p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/811977223326625792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2016</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The US and Russia hold the vast majority of the world&#8217;s nuclear weapons. China is also a nuclear power and in 1996, Beijing signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.</p>
<p>According to US authorities, China has an estimated 260 nuclear warheads. Russia and the US have more than 7,000 each.</p>
<p>Ms Hua said that China advocates a ban on and destruction of nuclear weapons.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The countries that have the largest nuclear arsenals should bear special responsibility for nuclear disarmament, take a lead in drastically and tangibly cutting the number of nuclear weapons so as to create conditions for the eventual full and thorough nuclear disarmament,&#8221;</i> Ms Hua said.</p>
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