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Article: China answers critics with a book of nuke Web sites: As arms talks with the US resume today, China says nuclear 'secrets' are easy to find.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 7, 2000
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As China renews talks with the US on weapons proliferation, it is deploying an unusual strategy to counter accusations it stole American nuclear secrets.
Still stinging from charges that Chinese spies acquired the designs for seven of Washington's most advanced nuclear warheads, the Beijing-based China Nuclear Information Center has released a cyber-directory to show how much information on thermonuclear weapons is freely available on the Internet.
"Foreign Nuclear Web Sites," which costs 30-yuan (about $3.75), is a treasure trove for would-be explorers of nuclear information stored in computers throughout the US and the world.
Within its 77 ...