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Article: CHINA PROPOSES ARMS RACE BAN IN OUTER SPACE
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- June 7, 2001
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United Press International
06-07-2001
China proposes arms race ban in outer space
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jun 07, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- In a diplomatic salvo squarely aimed at the proposed U.S. missile defense shield system, China during stalled global disarmament talks in Geneva on Thursday put forward proposals for a treaty banning an outer space arms race.
"The Chinese have a national interest to limit the U.S." on missile defense, said one delegate, who spoke on condition of nonattribution.
"The weaponization of outer space is by no means a remote issue. Rather, the danger is imminent and the issue most urgent," China's Ambassador Hu Xiaodi told delegates to the ...