China's growing nuclear arsenal is a threat to global stability, G7 leaders warn 

China’s rapidly growing nuclear arsenal is a threat to global stability, Group of Seven leaders warned on Friday. 

The SIPRI think tank estimates that China has a stockpile of around 350 nuclear warheads – a small sum when compared with the United States and Russia.

But it is growing fast, and the country could have 1,500 warheads by 2035, according to a Pentagon estimate published in November.

Concerns about the build-up have been growing in the West, and the G7 leaders warned the expansion…