This was reported by RIA Novosti.

"The (Pentagon

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report

ignores the facts and is full of prejudices ... it fabricates the so-called" Chinese military threat "and groundlessly criticizes the PRC for building up its nuclear power," the statement said.

China protested and made a strong show to the US over the Pentagon's rhetoric.

Earlier, the Chinese Defense Ministry called the United States the largest source of nuclear threats in the world.

On November 3, The New York Times, citing a report from the US Department of Defense, reported that China has already approached the formation of a nuclear triad and by 2027 it will be able to have 700 nuclear warheads.