State Department Concerned Over China's "Troubling" Exports
The Press Trust of India reports that the State Department is extremely concerned about China's role as a weapons proliferator. The article quotes quotes an unnamed State Department official as saying that "Chinese companies are continuing shipping of 'troubling' Weapons of Mass Destruction, notably missile technology, and that could threaten the security of the world.
The article notes that while China has issued regulations intended to control exports that could be used by other countries pursuing nuclear, chemical or biological weapons or missiles, many Chinese companies, most of them state-owned, continue to make many troubling shipments.
The official noted that from January 2001 through April 2005, the State Department has sanctioned foreign companies 115 times over controlled export shipments and that 80 of those sanctions were aimed at Chinese companies.
The article can be found at the following link:
www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/
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