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Why China joined the nuclear weapons club

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageAurelio Asiain, CC BY-NC-ND

Once an outsider to global nuclear decision-making, China is now firmly an insider, a valued member of the nuclear community. How did this dramatic transition take place?

Let’s start by casting our thoughts back to a time when China was a not a rising superpower and the world’s second largest economy, but...

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