China's Approach to Arms Control Verification

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China's Approach to Arms Control Verification

Based on a comprehensive review of publicly available sources, this paper examines China’s mainstream thinking and general practice on arms control verification.

By Tong Zhao

Published on Apr 14, 2022

Sandia National Laboratories

About the Author

Tong Zhao

Senior Fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China

Tong Zhao is a senior fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China, Carnegie’s East Asia-based research center on contemporary China. Formerly based in Beijing, he now conducts research in Washington on strategic security issues.

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