`China is not a party to the NPT, but its stance on the question is clear-cut and above-board . . . it stands for nuclear disarmament and disapproves of nuclear proliferation . . . In recent years, the Chinese Government has more and more, time and again reiterated that China neither advocates nor encourages nuclear proliferation'.
-Ambassador Ho Qian Jiadong, speech given at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, 6/27/85 (quoted by Amb. Richard Kennedy in congressional testimony, 7/31/85).
...the Chinese government has consistently supported and participated in the international community's efforts for preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons.'
-Ambassador Hou Zhitong, Xinhua, 4/1/91.
`China's position on nuclear proliferation is very clear . . . It does not advocate, encourage, or engage in nuclear proliferation, nor does it assist other countries in developing nuclear weapons. It always undertakes its international legal obligations of preventing nuclear proliferation . . . China has always been cautious and responsible in handling its nuclear exports and exports of materials and facilities that might lead to nuclear proliferation.'
-Statement by Foreign Ministry spokesman Cui Tiankai, Beijing, Xinhua, 9/15/97.
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Let us have confidence in China's obligations and promises to prevent further proliferation of nuclear weapons and stockpiles.
