BEIJING -- China plans to increase its defense spending by 7% this year, Reuters reported Thursday, citing official documents due for public release later in the day.

America's top diplomat for nuclear-weapons issues, Undersecretary of State Thomas DiNanno, revealed this month that China conducted a secret underground nuclear test in June 2020.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not new that the People's Republic of China and its People's Liberation Army (PLA) has the capability to launch conventional intercontinental ballistic missiles that have enough range to strike targets in North America or Western Europe.