The political atmosphere has become even more highly charged lately over a bid by Cnooc , one of China 's top oil and natural gas companies , to challenge Chevron 's attempt to buy another American oil company , Unocal ; and by a recent warning by a general in the People 's Liberation Army that China might use nuclear weapons against the United States in the event of a conflict with Taiwan .
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