What is Chinas position on space-based weapons (search)?
Considering the gap between what officials in Beijing say and what they do on the issue, it’s hard to get a straight answer. But let’s look at the facts. For some time now, China (search) has spearheaded an international movement to ban conventional weapons from space. More than a year ago, the Asian superpower–joined by Russia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Belarus, Zimbabwe and Syria–introduced a draft treaty at the United Nations to outlaw the deployment of space-based weapons (search).
