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China has been a key supplier of nuclear arms and missile technology to Pakistan and Iran,said a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) on Tuesday.
The report China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues was prepared by CRS an independent research wing of the US Congress for its lawmakers.
According to the report,the Bush Administration imposed sanctions on 20 occasions on PRC (Peoples Republic of China) entities providing nuclear and missile-related technology to Pakistan as well missile-related technology to Iran,the report said. It accused PRC entities (including state-owned entities) for troublesome transfers related to missiles and chemical weapons to Pakistan,Iran,or perhaps another country.
The CRS said in 1996,US policymakers faced the issue of whether to impose sanctions on the PRC for technology transfers to Pakistans nuclear programme,and Beijing issued another nuclear non-proliferation pledge. Since then,the US has maintained concerns but at a lower level about continued PRC nuclear cooperation with Pakistan,particularly involving the construction of nuclear power plants at Chashma, it said. The PRC government is believed to know about the nuclear cooperation with Pakistan. Nonetheless,in 2004,the Bush Administration supported Chinas application to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
