CHINA and the US face sparking World War 3 as a top Chinese powerbroker warned: \"If trade stops, war starts\".<\/p>\n
Beijing and Washington have been at loggerheads over the disputed South China Sea as Chinese military commanders admitted war is now a \"practical reality\". <\/p>\n
New US President Donald Trump has repeatedly slammed China for \"raping\" the US as the talked up cutting trade as he squared up to the Asia-Pacific powerhouse. <\/p>\n
But the head of one of China's biggest businesses has warned \"if trade stops, war starts\" as the world's biggest superpowers come to blows. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Communist Party issued its first statement since Trump's election and warned a war between the US and China would be a \"world disaster\". <\/p>\n
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Everybody is concerned about trade wars. If trade stops, war starts <\/p>\n
Jack Ma, chief executive of online retailer Alibaba, warned about the looming threat while speaking at the launch of his company's Australia and New Zealand HQ in Melbourne. <\/p>\n
The billionaire spoke about the risks of war as Trump promised to put \"America first\" and targeted China during his road to the White House. <\/p>\n
Ma said: \"Everybody is concerned about trade wars. If trade stops, war starts. <\/p>\n
\"The only thing you can do is get involved and actively prove that trade helps people to communicate.\" <\/p>\n
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China's ruling Communist Party weighed in on the looming risk of war in a column in its official mouthpiece the People's Daily. <\/p>\n
Were the United States and China to wage war on one another, the whole world would divide itself,\" it said. <\/p>\n
It added \"wise men should seek common ground\" in the article printed under the name \"Voice of China\". <\/p>\n
Experts have warned one \"miscalculation\" by either China or the US could spark a devastating war between the two superpowers. <\/p>\n
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War tensions have reached a new highs as some of Trumps top aides have talked up war with China. <\/p>\n
Steve Bannon, White House chief strategist, said; \"Were going to war in the South China Sea in five to 10 years. <\/p>\n
\"Theres no doubt about that. Theyre taking their sandbars and making basically stationary aircraft carriers and putting missiles on those. <\/p>\n
\"They come here to the US in front of our face and you understand how important face is and say its an ancient territorial sea. <\/p>\n
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According to 2016 data from the Federation of American Scientists, the United States has an estimated inventory of 7,000 nuclear warheads, with 1,750 of them strategically deployed. <\/p>\n
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China has also deployed its aircraft carrier, and announced a second will be stationed in the South China Sea. <\/p>\n
US forces have placed nuclear-capable bombers in their bases in Guam, fighter jets and marines in Japan, and missile systems in South Korea. <\/p>\n
A message released by the Peoples Liberation Army of China said: Statements like a war within the President's term' or 'war breaking out tonight' are not just slogans, they are becoming a practical reality <\/p>\n
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