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China: U.S. Wants More Action to Control WMD Proliferation By Kerry Boyd “The words point in the right direction, but the actions are not yet there,” Wolf said (see GSN, March 19). “The actions would be issuance of the export controls, and then firm implementation, firm use of that to cut off the kinds of efforts which undercut that commitment not to export … missile-related technology,” he said. Since last summer, U.S. officials have held at least five or six rounds of meetings with Chinese officials to revive the November 2000 agreement between the two countries that was intended to halt proliferation of missile technology, Wolf said. China has said it will tighten controls over weapons of mass destruction and missiles, Wolf said. “We look forward to seeing that in the marketplace. More importantly, we look forward to seeing how those new export controls are implemented.” China has officially said WMD proliferation is antithetical to its national interests, Wolf said. “We welcome that, because they’re not doing a favor to us. They’re defining their national interests, and they, like many others, make the point that it is not in China’s interest to have countries acquiring weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them,” he said. “We applaud that stance.” China has said it does not allow proliferation of missile technology with a range beyond 300 kilometers or the ability to carry a payload heavier than 500 kilograms, Wolf said. “We think it’s important that China put in place the export controls that will achieve that and then rigorously enforce those controls,” he said.
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