12, 250 China has the 2nd largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
China is not a nuclear free zone. They have many nuclear weapons. Though China has a nuclear policy which states that they are not allowed to produce,fire, or give away these weapons.
Around 400 nuclear warheads. China has the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
Many countries have nuclear weapons today including the United States. China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan also have nuclear weapons.
Of course.
Yes, because China has nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons.
Yes
Originally the USSR was assisting them with reactors and was promising to supply nuclear weapons if needed, so China would not have to develop their own. However the USSR withdrew from this agreement in 1959. This caused China to begin their own nuclear weapons project, culminating in their first test in 1964. So nobody assisted China to develop nuclear weapons. They did it on their own.
By 1960 the US, USSR, UK, and France had nuclear weapons. China got them in 1964.
Currently 9 countries possess nuclear weapons; The United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea.
Japan doesn't want any nuclear weapons.But Japan can easily produce nuclear weapons if it wanted to. It has the technology to build nuclear weapons within 1 year-- probably a few months if it wanted.However, most Japanese people are against nuclear weapons. Therefore, they do not have nuclear weapons.
China's first nuclear test was on October 16, 1964. The project began in June 1959 when thee USSR withdrew support for China's nuclear development.
Proliferation of nuclear weapons refers to the spread of nuclear weapons amongst different countries. First the U.S. had a nuclear bomb; then the Soviet Union had a nuclear bomb, followed by other countries such as the United Kingdom, France, China, India, and so on.