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To: RealMuLan who wrote (1062)	10/21/2003 1:09:08 PM
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China defence expert warns on nuclear proliferation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A Chinese defence expert said on Tuesday that allowing North Korea to acquire nuclear weapons would incite Japan and South Korea to follow suit, possibly within months. Speaking at an Asia-Pacific defence forum in Tokyo on the day North Korea was reported to have fired a second missile in as many days into the sea, Senior Colonel Yang Yi, a professor at China's National Defence University, said major powers should try to prevent proliferation by providing security assurances. "It's not difficult to imagine what will happen if the DPRK actually acquires nuclear weapons," Yang told delegates, according to an advance copy of his speech. Japan and South Korea "will be able to justify themselves in developing nuclear weapons", Yang said, adding that this would take the two countries only around two months to achieve once the political decision had been made. DPRK stands for Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the official name for North Korea. As the United States ponders the question of what kind of security assurances it could offer North Korea to jumpstart stalled talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms programme, Yang said the lack of such guarantees was leading to proliferation. "How can nuclear weapon states convince non-nuclear states not to develop weapons of mass destruction without assurances of not being attacked by WMDs (weapons of mass destruction)?" he asked. Yang was representing China at the Forum for Defence Authorities in the Asia-Pacific region, which brought together delegates from 22 countries including the United States, South Korea and Japan. The forum continues on Wednesday. alertnet.org