Asserting that America's cooperation with Russia and China is key to the global nuclear security, the US on Tuesday said Beijing's modernisation of its military as well as its nuclear warhead capabilities has emerged as major concern to its Asian neighbours.
"The United States and Chinas Asian neighbours remain concerned about the pace and scope of Chinas current military modernisation efforts, including its quantitative and qualitative modernisation of its nuclear capabilities," the Obama administration said in its Nuclear Posture Review report released by it on Tuesday.
"Chinas nuclear arsenal remains much smaller than the arsenals of Russia and the United States.
But the lack of transparency surrounding its programmes their pace and scope as well as the strategy and doctrine guiding them raises questions about Chinas future strategic intentions, it said.
The report said the United States and China are increasingly interdependent and their shared responsibilities for addressing global security threats, such as WMD proliferation