Inside China - PLA publicly spurns White Paper's pledge to stop nuclear weapons research and development.

The article reports on the move of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China to improve nuclear missile technology despite its contradictions on research and development on new types of nuclear weapons, published in "White Paper on National Defense." PLA Second Artillery Corps high-ranking officials noted the speedy construction of high-technological conventional warfare. Issues on the country's nuclear missiles raised by the White Paper are also cited.