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Book Reviews 221 BOOK REVIEWS An Analysis of the U.S.-China Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement. By Benjamin M. Chin. No.1 1987 (78) Occasional Papers/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies. Baltimore: School of Law, University of Maryland, 1987. 40pp. $3.00. ISBN 0-942181-81-2. In December 1985, the "Agreement for Cooperation for the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States (U.S.)" went into effect. Before its ratification, the Cooperation Agree- ment caused quite a controversy in the United States, because of its (non-) com- pliance with U.S. non-proliferation legislation and foreign policy issues. How- ever, during the negotiations and the period when it was under review by the U.S. Congress, it became evident that there was a strong commercial interest in the ratification which would create difficulties in balancing non-prolifera- tion objectives with foreign policy and commercial goals. In the monograph under review, the author lucidly and comprehensively sketches the various problems and considerations that led to the ratification of the agreement. Despite Mao Zedong's denouncement of the atom bomb as a "paper tiger" in 1946, and the official position of the PRC that the possession of nuclear arms constituted a means of "blackmailing other http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) Brill

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Brill
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© 1989 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0165-0300
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1875-2985
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10.1163/187529889X00102
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221 BOOK REVIEWS An Analysis of the U.S.-China Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement. By Benjamin M. Chin. No.1 1987 (78) Occasional Papers/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies. Baltimore: School of Law, University of Maryland, 1987. 40pp. $3.00. ISBN 0-942181-81-2. In December 1985, the "Agreement for Cooperation for the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States (U.S.)" went into effect. Before its ratification, the Cooperation Agree- ment caused quite a controversy in the United States, because of its (non-) com- pliance with U.S. non-proliferation legislation and foreign policy issues. How- ever, during the negotiations and the period when it was under review by the U.S. Congress, it became evident that there was a strong commercial interest in the ratification which would create difficulties in balancing non-prolifera- tion objectives with foreign policy and commercial goals. In the monograph under review, the author lucidly and comprehensively sketches the various problems and considerations that led to the ratification of the agreement. Despite Mao Zedong's denouncement of the atom bomb as a "paper tiger" in 1946, and the official position of the PRC that the possession of nuclear arms constituted a means of "blackmailing other

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Published: Jan 1, 1989

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