On the nuke point, I don't think the call represents any substantial change outside of what we've already been seeing. Point of nuclear forces in PRC is being able to survive a first strike and retaliate with enough to cause substantial damage, and previous force composition was, arguably, not able to achieve that. Recent changes seem more geared towards achieving a consistent state of "assured retaliation" with the US as tensions grow to check US nuclear superiority and restrict the scope of local wars. Though, falls in line with some of the points from SSAC, mainly that a survivable retaliatory nuclear force will raise the risks of conflicts in general and deter foreign intervention, "causing the enemy to dread that the possible consequences of its actions will be that its losses will exceed its gains, thereby causing the enemy to change its plans for risky activities and achieving the goal of restricting the war to a certain scope." Deployment of JL-3s with the emerging Type 096s will be an interesting shift--my primary concern would be the point that a truly survivable nuclear force, increasingly occurring with the deployment of some of the assets Hu mentions, seems likely to embolden the PLA in local, conventional wars.