China says--and I think it is borne out by their actions--that they do not support North Korea as a nuclear weapons state and that they wish to see the entire Korean Peninsula denuclearized.
China's stance on North Korea's nuclear capabilities.
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This agreement is not a commercial contract. It does not provide for the sale of nuclear equipment or technology to China.
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We cannot allow these weapons usable materials, to be separated from spent nuclear fuel.