1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated October 3,2024China:Nuclear and Missile ProliferationThe U.S.government has for decades expressed concerns about Chinas proliferation of nuclear-and missile-related technologies to other countries,with more recent focus on the threat of Chinese acquisition of
2、U.S.-origin nuclear technology.(See CRS In Focus IF11050,New U.S.Policy Regarding Nuclear Exports to China,by Paul K.Kerr and Mary Beth D.Nikitin.)Official U.S.government sources indicate that the Chinese government has ended its direct involvement in the transfer of nuclear-and missile-related item
3、s,but China-based companies and individuals continue to export goods relevant to those items,particularly to Iran and North Korea.U.S.officials have also raised concerns about entities operating in China that provide other forms of support for proliferation-sensitive activities,such as illicit finan
4、ce and money laundering.Background China did not oppose new states acquisition of nuclear weapons during the 1960s and 1970s,the Department of State wrote in a declassified January 1998 report to Congress.According to a 1983 National Intelligence Estimate(NIE),China had exported“nuclear materials si