This is seems like a weird time for the most destructive nation on Earth to start testing nuclear weapons but the evidence looks mighty suspicious.
The United States has accused China of setting off underground nuclear bombs, conducting banned nuclear tests while the world is focused on the coronavirus crisis.
As if things weren’t already bad enough between the two nations, a US State Department report made public by confirmed the charges earlier this week.
“The concerns stem from the high tempo of activity at China’s Lop Nur test site, extensive excavations at the site, and Beijing’s purported use of special chambers to contain explosions.” the State Department report suggests.
The report raises concerns about whether China is abiding to the US-interpreted “zero yield” standard on nuclear testing, which is a reference to a type of nuclear test whereby there is no explosive chain reaction of the type ignited by the detonation of a nuclear warhead.