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Assessing the cost vs benefit of US-Chinese scientific cooperation

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The Cox Report deals with US national security concerns relating to technical and scientific links between China and the US. The report contains allegations relating to the theft of nuclear technology by China. There is a great deal of technical information on the nuclear weapons systems of both countries that is available to the public, and the allegations in the report appear to be overstated. US visitors in China have also gained information that has been valuable, and this is ignored by the Cox Report. Too much emphasis on secrecy can involve a high bureaucratic burden.

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Keep the facts of the Cox Report in perspective

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There have been a number of allegations of spying by the Chinese to secure US technology, and the most serious is that information on the design of a nuclear warhead was stolen. The CIA apparently learnt of the theft of information in 1995. It is unclear whether design documents or blueprints have been stolen. There are questions about US national computer security. China is not as advanced as the US in this technology, which why there has been espionage. A test ban treaty is one way of slowing the development of warhead technology in China.

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The Cox Report's 'dirty little secret.'

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The Cox Report has revealed espionage by China to steal US nuclear weapons technology, and there are allegations that security was very lax in the US, while export control procedures were also poor. The committee sees US aerospace firms as prepared to ignore national security considerations in order to gain commercial advantage, and US scientists as prepared to disclose information. The study has been abridged, so cannot be fully assessed, but the evidence given is limited, and its premises can be criticised.

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