A Pentagon report was temporarily removed and reposted on its website after it mistakenly labelled Taiwan as part of mainland China, a report said. The report, however, labelled Taiwan as part of mainland China, an error Pentagon said was soon rectified. The US established diplomatic relations with China in 1979, cutting formal ties with Taiwan as part of its “one-China” policy. China major challenge to US in Asia: NPRThe Pentagon said that the US wants to prevent China from mistakenly concluding that any use of nuclear weapons, however limited, is acceptable. "China has adhered to the policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons at any time and under any circumstances," he said, adding that under no circumstances will China use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapon-free zones.

Source: dna February 05, 2018 01:35 UTC