12:04AM
The Chinese-Pakistan fusion
Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 12:04AM 
WORLD NEWS: "China in Pakistan nuclear deal: Plan risks reigniting proliferation debate; Islamabad seen as prized partner," by Geoff Dyer, Farhan Bokhari and James Lamont, Financial Times, 29 April 2010.
China will build two new civilian reactors in Pakistan.
Why this would "reignite" any debate on proliferation is beyond me. Cat already out of that bag WRT Pakistan as user and dealer.
China, like Russia, wants to export reactor technologies and what better place to start than old friend Pakistan?
Naturally, Team Obama is disturbed, but this development--in my opinion--just points up the hopelessly of making nuclear nonproliferation the centerpiece of your grand strategic ambitions.
It is simply swimming upstream in terms of world energy developments--like America's nuclear cooperation deal with India.
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