China and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Implications for the

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Interest in China's WMD stems in part from its international agreements and obligations. China is a

party to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of

Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the Zangger Committee, and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

and has signed but not ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). China is not a

member of the Australia Group, the Wassenaar Arrangement, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, or the

Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), although it has agreed to abide by the latter (which is

not an international agreement and lacks legal authority).