Proliferation is a common threat to the United States and China and requires common efforts. Over the past several years, the United States and China have worked hard together to further those efforts. At the same time, however, challenges remain in our nonproliferation relationship, predominantly over significant proliferation activities by Chinese entities, including some government-related entities. The Bush Administration takes such activities very seriously, and does not hesitate to make its views known to Beijing, or to implement U.S. sanctions laws against Chinese entities that engage in such activities. We have candidly urged China to strengthen its laws, commitments and export controls, and to take more vigorous action to enforce its regulations against proliferation.
March 10, 2005