TOKYO -- Geopolitical risk is growing in East Asia as China and North Korea push ahead with nuclear weapons programs, driving debate over whether other parts of the region should develop their own atomic arsenals.
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Growing geopolitical risk stoking East Asian nuclear concerns, says expert
Narushige Michishita says Beijing may use small nuclear bombs in any Taiwan war
If China attacks Taiwan, it will "highly likely use its nuclear threat ... to urge Japan to remain neutral," says East Asian security expert Narushige Michishita.
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