[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 14, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: June 14, 1994]
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                      CHINA'S RECENT NUCLEAR TEST

 SIMON. Mr. President, China's explosion of a nuclear weapon 
last Friday--its second test in defiance of an international moratorium 
on nuclear testing--demonstrates again that China is not a responsible 
member of the international community.
  Like its nuclear tests, China's continued occupation of Tibet, 
destabilizing sales of missiles and advanced weapons to other 
countries, arrests of dissidents, suppression of trade unions, and 
exploitation of labor characterize a regime that puts its narrow and 
misperceived self-interest well ahead of international norms.
  Experience has taught responsible governments--ours included--to 
refrain from testing nuclear weapons. They are no longer justified by 
national security requirements in the post-cold-war era. They stimulate 
an international climate characterized by the possibility of nuclear 
destruction.
  China is an important country. If we are to treat it normally, and 
with full respect, it will have to behave responsibly. In 1993, I 
called upon President Clinton to consider suspending the sale of the 
Cray supercomputer that China so badly wanted, a highly complex 
computer that could be used for military purposes. I call again on the 
Clinton administration to devise a better response to China's refusal 
to join our nuclear moratorium than it has to date.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Boxer). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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