The International Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime And China's Nuclear Strategy

The appearance of the nuclear arms in 1940's is a symbol of advent of nuclear times. After nuclear arms were used at first in Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan, people had a cognizance of the destructiveness of nuclear arms fully. From then on, nuclear warfare like a Damocles-sword which is hanging over people's heads and become the most serious threat to people. During the cold war, the United States and Soviet Russia have had a race of arms for a long time and nuclear arms race was an important facet of them. The arms race had led to a lot of nuclear arms made which can kill human being decades of times.But the US and Soviet Russia still could not get the feeling of safety all the time. Because they knew that nuclear arms is a kind of special arm which can kill enemies and themselves at the same time. When they understood that the mode of realism could not eliminate the menace of the nuclear arms, some countries including the US and Soviet Russia wanted to build an international regime to control nuclear arms to proliferate.The international regime of nuclear nonproliferation as an international agenda began at the end of 1950'. As the headstone of the international regime of nuclear nonproliferation, NPT was got across in 1968 and began to take effect in 1970. Besides, the world has also subscribed another series of treaties. Some of them prohibited nuclear arms proliferating and some of them are related with Non-Nuclear District and some of them are to build all kinds of international organizations which to control or to check the export of some counties' nuclear stuff. The constitution of international regime of nuclear nonproliferation limitedthe nuclear proliferation from upright to horizontal to some extent. For example, the nuclear disarmaments of the US and Soviet Russia have gained achievement. For another example, some countries who were likely to develop nuclear arms before abandoned their nuclear projects subsequently. Still, some new nuclear arms counties could not be ratified by the world all the time.However, nuclear proliferation has still continued for these years. It is because that realism still affects the connections between countries currently and the development of science and technology made it easier than before to make nuclear arms and some other reasons which do not belong to regime itself. It is also because that the international regime of nuclear nonproliferation itself has some disadvantages. Nuclear proliferation in form appears some facets: some countries continue to improve the quality of their nuclear arms; some countries who without nuclear arms before have made their nuclear arms subsequently; some countries are trying to make their nuclear arms. Besides, nuclear smuggle still is a serious problem. Therefore, the world is still not safe.The background of China made nuclear arms was specially. Self-defence and counterattack is the nuclear strategy of which China is pursuing. The purpose of China possessing a minority of nuclear arms is to break some countries' nuclear blackmail, nuclear threat and nuclear monopolization and maintenance independency of motherland, dominion and the integrity of territory. And it is also to protect the international peace, to prevent nuclear warfare and to eliminate nuclear arms in the world in the end. At the same time, China pursues nuclear nonproliferation policy and hold out the international regime of nuclear nonproliferation. However, China must understand accurately that the nuclear proliferation has not been banned currently when China makes his nuclear strategy and he should make corresponding nuclear strategy to championship hissafety interest.