China conducted its last nuclear test in July 1996. China is the only nuclear power which has upheld the demand for universal nuclear disarmament. This commitment can only be implemented by those five powers which already have nuclear arms. People's China calls on states with nuclear weapons deployed outside their borders to withdraw these weapons to home territory. China calls for the banning of the development and deployment of space weapons systems or missile defence systems.
China stands for the complete prohibition and total destruction of all nuclear weapons.
These demands must be projected throughout the British peace movement. This is an attainable campaigning demand that would put British imperialism on the defensive. The imperialist military industrial complex has drained trillions of dollars from the social development of the developed and developing world, impoverishing, killing and maiming millions of the world's population. It was responsible for a major financial setback to the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries during the cold war, causing them to divert valuable resources from civilian to military production. The campaign for conversion and diversification must be elevated throughout the labour movement.