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China and weapons of mass destruction

The People's Republic of China is said to have an arsenal of 500 nuclear power weapons stockpiled in 1999. [1] Nuclear tests began in 1964. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was signed. China denies having either biological or chemical weapons, acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1984, and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1996.

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