Fox News by Nick Givas and Rich Edson: The State Department is concerned China may be conducting small nuclear tests in secret, possibly violating an international agreement banning such tests, Fox News confirmed Wednesday.
A new State Department report on compliance with arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament, first obtained by the Wall Street Journal earlier Wednesday, found that China may be flouting international law by conducting the tests within the northwest region of the country, using low explosive power.
The report didn’t prove any wrongdoing on the part of the Chinese, but still raised red flags.
“Some compliance concerns are raised and some findings of violations are made,” it read.
Officials wrote that China had maintained a “high level of activity” at its Lop Nur site in 2019, and could be seeking to operate it year-round going forward.
It also mentioned China’s use of explosive containment chambers, extensive evacuations at the site, and lack of transparency on nuclear testing as reasons for raising suspicions.
The report went on to cite further concerns about China’s possible violation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) by engaging “in biological activities with potential dual-use application.”
The U.S. government also could not determine if China had shut down its biological warfare program, nor could it confirm if Beijing still had access to such weapons, due to its lack of openness and transparency.
China has been under growing scrutiny over its handling of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. There is increasing confidence that COVID-19 likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory not as a bioweapon, but as part of China’s effort to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses were equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United States, multiple sources who have been briefed on government actions and seen relevant materials revealed to Fox News.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called out the Chinese government for not sharing the full story with the rest of the world.
“We know that this virus originated in Wuhan, China,” Pompeo told “The Story.” “We know there is the Wuhan Institute of Virology just a handful of a mile away from where the wet market was. There is still lots to learn. The United States government is working diligently to figure it out.”
Prophetic Link:
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars.” Matthew 24:6.
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Saturday May 2nd, 2020 at 01:43 AMOh no, please don’t use Fox news as a source. I like this website, but that kind of source makes me wonder if you aren’t starting to take things too far. People on that news channel, among certain other channels, constantly claim or conjecture also sorts of things that are proven to be false. They have no credibility left other than as entertainment. There has been plenty of evidence that this virus didn’t come from the Wuhan laboratory. If it could be claimed that it did then no doubt the president’s administration would want to broadcast that loudly.