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| China concerned at Japan holding weapons-grade plutonium |
| 2014-02-19 |
| (Reuters) - China said on Monday it was "extremely concerned" by a report that Japan has resisted returning to the United States more than 300 kg (660 lb) of mostly weapons-grade plutonium, the latest dispute between the two Asian neighbors. Japan's Kyodo news agency said that Washington had pressed Japan to give back the nuclear material which could be used to make up to 50 nuclear bombs. Japan had resisted, but finally given in to U.S. demands, it added. The material was bought for research purposes during the 1960s and the two governments will likely reach an official agreement on its return at the Nuclear Security Summit at The Hague in March, an official at Japan's Education Ministry said. China is involved in a bitter territorial dispute with Japan and has warned Japan is trying to re-arm. "China believes that Japan, as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, ought to rigorously respect its international commitments to nuclear safety and non-proliferation," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing. "For a long time, Japan has not returned the stored nuclear materials to the relevant country, which has caused concern in the international community. China is of course very concerned." Japan, the world's only victim of nuclear attacks in the final stages of World War Two, does not have nuclear weapons, unlike China, and it is the government's stance that it will not obtain them. Though they could build a working bomb inside a year... Deteriorating relations between Beijing and Tokyo have been fuelled by a row over a chain of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. Ships from both countries frequently shadow each other around the islets, raising fears of a clash. Ties have worsened further since China's creation of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine honoring war criminals among Japan's war dead. But it's perfectly OK for North Korean and Iran to have nukes. Right? |
| Posted by:Ebbang Uluque6305 |
| #4 More ... * TOPIX > [USNI] NAVY OFFICIAL: CHINA TRAINS FOR "SHORT, SHARP WAR" WID JAPAN. Once again, as I've been saying for a long while now. versus * CHINA DAILY FORUM > OF COURSE CHINA WANTS TO REPLACE THE US | THE DIPLOMAT. Why should China or any other Great POwer/Superpower Wannabe = "Young Turk(s)" settle for being official Global #2 when you're already Global #1 or near-#1 in all-but-title??? YEAH, D *** NG IT??? Have I said "D *** NG IT"??? * BIGNEWSNETWORK > [InfoWars] JAPAN PREPARES FOR WAR WID CHINA. * BIGNEWSNETWORK = US [officially/formally] REJECTS CHINA'S NINE-DASH LINE, in the South China Sea. * TOPIX > [Asian News Network' JAKARTA: INDONESIA WILL NOT ACCEPT [China's] AIR DEFENCE ZONE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. * SAME > CHINESE WARSHIPS IN PACIFIC RAISE ALARMS | PACIFIC NAVAL DRILLS PROVE CHINA IS NOW A MAJOR MARITIME POWER, capable of doing or going anywhere it wants anytime despite probs. AND NO NEED OF RUSSNAV-STYLE FLEET SALVAGE TUGS TO SERVE AS NERVE CENTER OF THE TASK FORCE. * CHINESE DEFENCE > CHINESE MILITARY PORT GETS HONG-KONG GO-AHEAD. China + PLA PCorrectly quietly entrenching along China's periphery across from the "First Island Chain". * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [CNS News] PLA NAVY BETTER THAN THE SOVIET BUT STILL HAS WEAKNESSES: REPORT. Espec as per Precision Strikes relative to US-Allied abilities - ditto as per problematic anti-Submarine capabilities. * SAME > [WND.com = SMH.com] CHINA'S [increasing] MILITARY MIGHT [+ growing US MilPol weakness] IS AUSTRALIA'S NEW DEFENCE REALITY. Ditto as per GUAM-CNMI-WESTPAC = OCEANIA. "GREAT GAME" OF GEOPOLS = OWG Globalist 1/2-1/2 Sharing is seemingly fine-n-reasonable geopol until some Govt-State decides the math should be 2/3-1/2 or 3/4-1/4, 7/8-1/8, 8/8-0/0, etc. IFF THATS NOT "FAIR-N-BALANCED" MATH/CALCULUS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. lol. * SAME > ONCE UPON A TIME, CHINA ANOINTED A "KING OF JAPAN". * WORLD MILITARY FORUM > JAPANESE MEDIAS: TO DETER OR PREVENT USDOD OR US NAVY FORCES FROM INTERVENING IN EAST CHINA SEA, THE DISPUTED DIAOYU/SENKAKU ISLANDS + TAIWAN MUST BE UNDER MAINLAND CHINA'S CONTROL. SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED LR NUCLEAR, CRUISE MISSLES IS CURRENTLY BEIJING'S ONLY RELIABLE METHOD OF STRATEGIC DETERRENCE AGZ THE USA IN THE EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTES GIVEN THE ABSENCE OR DELAYS IN CHINA'S FORMAL REUNIFICATION WID TAIWAN. Lest we fergit, the new US dwployment of another Submarine to GUAM has led to CHINA PERTS calling for any PLA MilOps agz any US intervention in ECS + SCS to be expanded to as far as the GUAM area. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-02-19 20:49 |
| #3 At last check, CHINA is urging Japan to adhere to the US request to return 300-kg of Plutonium, i.e. an amount equivalent to 20-40 NucBombs of an estimated 2000-3000 same that Japan's alleged Plutonium or Nucmat stockpiles could quickly produce in case of War or -Zilla attack. Clearly Nippon returning or eliminating only the minority 10%-or-less while keeping the remainder makes the country a purely CONVENTIONAL MILITARY POWER, NOT A NUCLEAR POWER. Well, I'm convinced! lol. [MIGHTY WAYNE'S WORLD "THUMBS UP" here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-02-19 18:58 |
| #2 Reporter: Is it true that Japan could build nukes in a matter of weeks if it wanted to? Japanese Diplomat: It might take that long... |
| Posted by: Iblis 2014-02-19 13:29 |
| #1 Stop threatening Japan and you won't have to worry about Japan having ready-to-build nukes, will ya China? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-02-19 13:22 |