{"id":483777,"date":"2025-10-08T19:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/483777\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:59:10","slug":"china-sends-horror-ww3-threat-of-nuclear-strike-hitting-in-20-minutes-this-is-war-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/483777\/","title":{"rendered":"China sends horror WW3 threat of nuclear strike hitting in 20 minutes &#8211; &#8216;This is war&#8217; | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China has sent a chilling warning to the world as Beijing boasts of its nuclear capabilities. Victor Gao, Vice President of the Centre for China and Globalisation, said China &#8220;will not fire the first shot&#8221; but the Asian giant would &#8220;never allow a second&#8221;, in explosive remarks posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>His boast, translated into English and reported by Pakistani media outlet, Observer Diplomat (OD), came amid a report by the same publication of China&#8217;s &#8220;advanced&#8221; military capabilities, including a missile capable of carrying 60 nuclear warheads plus one hydrogen bomb. OD said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/instagram\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> post: &#8220;China emphasizes that any attack, conventional or nuclear, will have devastating consequences&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the video nor the translation have been independently verified by the Express. OD urged its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/instagram\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> followers to watch footage of Mr Gao&#8217;s reported comments &#8220;to understand China\u2019s stark stance and the implications for global security&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China has sent a chilling warning to the world as Beijing boasts of its nuclear capabilities. Victor Gao,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1395,160295,12,26,20727],"class_list":{"0":"post-483777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-china-nuclear","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-world","12":"tag-world-war-3"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}