ABSTRACT
The chapter analyses anti-nuclear macrosecuritization and its lack in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Indeed, looking for arguments that present nuclear weapons as a physical threat to humanity or human civilization produces a null result in the PRC. To make this estimation, the chapter examines the views of leading political figures, doctrinal documents on deterrence, approaches to non-proliferation, China’s nuclear diplomacy, and protest activity in civil society. While the PRC opposes nuclear weapons, promotes their abolishment, and criticizes the use of nuclear deterrence, this position is not based on anti-nuclear macrosecuritization. The chapter relates this theoretically interesting finding to the PRC’s nuclear logic and identity politics.
