US and China hold first informal nuclear talks in 5 years, eyeing Taiwan

FILE - A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is seen during a military display in the South China Sea, April 12, 2018. FILE - Military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Tiananmen Square during the military parade, Beijing, China, Oct. 1, 2019.

The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing's representatives telling U.S. counterparts that they would not resort to atomic threats over Taiwan, according to two American delegates who attended.