China Biological Chronology
This annotated chronology tracks news coverage of selected biological-related stories pertaining to China for the years 1930 to the present and is being regularly updated. Inclusion in this chronology does not necessarily indicate that a particular development is of direct or indirect proliferation significance. Some entries provide international or domestic context for technological development and national policymaking. Moreover, some entries may refer to developments with positive consequences for nonproliferation.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
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An annotated chronology of biological-related developments in China
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House Panel Delivers $75M for Planned Biodefense Lab
May 17, 2012
A U.S. homeland security funding bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday provides $75 million for the planned National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas, the Kansas City Business Journal reported.
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One of Two Nearly Censored Bird Flu Papers Published
May 3, 2012
WASHINGTON -- One of two now-notorious bird flu studies was published on Wednesday, four months after a panel of U.S. federal advisers asked researchers and scientific journals to hold on, just in case the information in the paper was dangerous.
