Category: WMD

US, South Korea Issue Fresh North Korea Sanctions on ‘Illicit’ IT Workforce

The United States and South Korea on Tuesday announced new North Korea sanctions related to thousands of IT workers, many operating in China and Russia, whose labors allegedly help fund weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, they said. One individual, Kim Sang Man, and the North Korea-based Chinyong Information Technology Cooperation Company were sanctioned…


China-Based Network Conspired to Deliver WMD Components to Iran, DOJ Charges

The DOJ is unsealing charges against a Chinese citizen who, it claims, helped to operate a network that provides WMD components to Iran. Authorities in New York unsealed the indictment May 16, charging Xiangjiang Qiao with sanctions evasion, money laundering, and bank fraud, alleging that Qiao participated in a scheme to use a sanctioned Chinese…


China’s Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction Against the World

Commentary Nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons were considered weapons of mass destruction (WMD) during the Cold War. Later, radiological weapons were generally considered to be another form of WMD. Each of these weapons had a horrific effect: they could kill large numbers of people and so norms prohibiting their use were established and have…


Chinese Hypersonic Weapon Launched Second Missile: Report

A hypersonic weapons system tested by the Chinese regime in July allegedly launched a second missile while flying at five times the speed of sound, according to a new report by the Financial Times. It is currently unclear whether the second missile was an air-to-air weapon or a countermeasure intended to prevent the weapon from…


British University Researchers May Be ‘Inadvertently Arming China’: Think Tank

Top British universities may be unwittingly assisting China’s military forces in their development of weapons of mass destruction by allowing them access to cutting-edge research, a social policy think tank has said. In research published on Monday (pdf), Civitas, the Institute for the Study of Civil Society, said that the “pervasive presence of Chinese military-linked…