Sparks for tinder: reports that China exported nuclear technology to Pakistan have strained an already tense Sino-U.S. relationship

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Reports that China provided nuclear aid to Pakistan have created tension between the US and China and may indirectly threaten the tenuous peace between China and Taiwan. The foreign ministers from China and Pakistan deny the reports that China provided machinery for concentrating uranium to Pakistan. If the reports are confirmed, the Clinton administration could levy strict economic sanctions against China for violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Such sanctions, however, could jeopardize the US's attempts to discourage China from attacking Taiwan.

Military assistance, Foreign military assistance

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Bargaining counter: U.S. offers China a nuclear carrot

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While the US bolsters Taiwan against China's military exercises, officials of the two countries are meeting at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. US officials at the conference continue to lobby against China's insistence on allowing 'peaceful nuclear explosions,' offering instead computer software to help model the explosions. The software could help China ensure the reliability of its nuclear weapons, without helping it to make more advanced ones. Backers of the effort, launched in Oct 1994, call it the lesser of two evils.

Nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapons information

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Artillery exercises: would U.S. sanctions force China to mend its ways?

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US efforts to enforce trade sanctions against China for failing to properly protect US intellectual property have been complicated by relative indifference from US allies and uncertainty about the leverage that the US can wield. China asserts that it is becoming less dependent on the US market for its exports, and Japan and Europe are more interested in promoting trade than in enforcing trade laws. Despite the conflict, US renewal of most-favored-nation status for China appears certain.

Prepackaged software, Computer Software, Software Publishers, Software, Economic sanctions, Sanctions (International law), Software piracy

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