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It’s Time for China to Turn Nuclear-Security Pledges into Reality

| March 24, 2016

"There is no shortage of terrorist groups – homegrown and international alike – that see opportunity in China’s nuclear enterprise, the fastest-growing in the world. Some would like to steal radioactive material for nuclear or dirty bombs; others may be pondering ways to breach a facility’s containment walls or even induce a Fukushima-style meltdown." In this op-ed for Defense One, Hui Zhang aruges that though Beijing's made a good start on fulfilling its nuclear security pledges, it must buckle down before terror groups exploit corruption to devastating effect.

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For Academic Citation: Zhang, Hui.“It’s Time for China to Turn Nuclear-Security Pledges into Reality.” Defense One, March 24, 2016.

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