Really delighted by this essay on nuclear weapons by Tong Zhao on the costs of secrecy, past and present.
Or should I say "chuffed" @samuelwa.de (though I've never heard you say that I don't think???)
chinabooksreview.com/2026/05/07/t...
The myth of China's nuclear restraint obscures the dangers of its rapidly expanding arsenal. A trio of recent books take us from the bomb’s origins in Lop Nur to the present arms race.
