At a briefing for Western reporters in China, Maj. Gen. Zhu Chenghu of the People??¢â???¬â???¢s Liberation Army warned that China would launch a nuclear strike on U.S. civilians if the U.S. interfered in a conflict between the PRC and Taiwan. ??¢â???¬?????If the Americans are determined to interfere [then] we will be determined to respond,??¢â???¬ said Zhu, as reported by the Financial Times. ??¢â???¬?????We Chinese will prepare ourselves for the destruction of all of the cities east of Xian. Of course the Americans will have to be prepared that hundreds ??¢â???¬ ¦ of cities will be destroyed by the Chinese.??¢â???¬
