In this speech a very high-ranking official in the Chinese Communist Party calmly argues for the necessity of a nuclear war that will destroy Japan and cripple the United States. This speech and a related speech, “War Is Not Far from Us and Is the Midwife of the Chinese Century” are analyzed in The Epoch Times original article “The CCP’s Last-ditch Gamble: Biological and Nuclear War.” A translation of the second speech will be published soon. The text of the speech: Dear Comrades, It is with a heavy heart that I use this title, but it is used because China’s...