China Moves to Draw US
into Space Arms Talks
Story by Robert Evans
REUTERS CHINA:
August 8th, 2003

"GENEVA - China, in a clear move to draw in a reluctant United States, announced yesterday it was ready for talks on preventing an arms race in space even if they were not specifically aimed at a binding treaty."

.The surprise announcement, following what diplomats said was a high-level decision in Beijing this week, was billed by a Chinese envoy as a major compromise aimed at injecting life into the long-stalled Geneva Conference on Disarmament (CD).

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