Nuclear Fallout: China’s White Paper All But Rules Out November Trump-Xi Summit

WASHINGTON/BEIJING – A sharp rebuke of U.S. nuclear policy in a new Beijing white paper has effectively frozen diplomatic channels, virtually eliminating the possibility of a high-level encounter between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping before the November 30 deadline.

With less than 72 hours remaining in the month, the escalating rhetorical conflict over nuclear proliferation suggests a diplomatic entrenchment rather than the logistical alignment required for a head-of-state summit.

The State Council Information Office released the white paper, "China's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era," on Thursday. The document explicitly criticizes nations that "stubbornly maintain massive nuclear arsenals," warning that enhancing deterrence policies drastically raises the risk of global conflict.

This policy release serves as a direct counter-narrative to President Trump’s recent directive to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing, ending a 33-year American moratorium. Speaking aboard Air Force One on November 15, Trump stated the U.S. would conduct tests "pretty soon" to match adversarial capabilities.

"We're gonna have nuclear testing because other people test... I had no choice," Trump said.

The deterioration in U.S.-China relations has accelerated rapidly in the final week of November. On November 23, the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force released a video simulating missile strikes titled, "If a war breaks out today, this is our answer." This military signaling followed a diplomatic row involving Japan regarding the defense of Taiwan.

While the White House previously signaled a desire to engage from a position of strength, Beijing’s latest policy document frames U.S. military modernization as a primary source of global instability. With both powers publicly digging in, the consensus-based atmosphere required for a Trump-Xi meeting is absent as the calendar turns toward December.