China helped North Korea develop nuclear weapons...
Published Tue, Oct 31 2006 1:45 AM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics
Who didn't see this coming?
China helped North Korea develop nuclear weapons and in the past year increased its support to Pyongyang, rather than pressing the regime to halt nuclear arms and missile activities, according to a congressional report.
The final draft report of the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission also says that Chinese government-run companies are continuing to threaten U.S. national security by exporting arms to American enemies in Asia and the Middle East.
Source: China cited as N. Korea supplier - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
The Clinton administration between 1993 and 1996 allowed numerous exports of potential ballistic-missile technology to the Chinese government despite China's refusal, in some instances, to allow inspections to assure that the technology was only being used for civilian purposes, according to classified documents and four U.S. government officials.
Source: Salon Newsreal | Special Report: Clinton administration failed to monitor China's use of missile-technology exports
On Oct. 16, 2002, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush disclosed that North Korea had admitted to having a program to enrich uranium for use in nuclear weapons. With its admission, North Korea, also known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK, abrogated the Agreed Framework signed in 1994 with United States, under which the North Koreans agreed to freeze their nuclear weapons program.
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Shortly after signing the agreement, North Korea began seeking nuclear weapons fuel through uranium enrichment.
Source: North Korea Nuclear Weapons - Center for Defense Information
People seem to forget that just because the Soviet Union isn't around anymore that Communism is still alive and kicking in the Far-East. They also seem to forget that the Chinese aren't really our friends, or that communists will lie to those they perceive as their enemies. If China helped with the development of nuclear weapons, can the ballistic missiles to deliver them be far behind?
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