This new report is sure to worsen tensions between the two nations at a time when Beijing has been in the global glare over its alleged mishandling of the covid-19 outbreak.
A US state department report has said that China may have furtively conducted low-level nuclear tests underground. If true, it would be a breach of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, an international pact that bans such explosions, and which China claims to observe.
The report offers no proof that Beijing has violated the treaty, but cites hectic activity observed last year at China’s Lop Nur nuclear test site.
This had raised American hackles. Now, this new report is sure to worsen tensions between the two nations at a time when Beijing has been in the global