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Chinese firm in illegal nuclear exports to Pakistan | Chinese firm in illegal nuclear exports to Pakistan |
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A Chinese government-linked company has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting high-performance coatings from the US to a nuclear power plant in Pakistan. | A Chinese government-linked company has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting high-performance coatings from the US to a nuclear power plant in Pakistan. |
China Nuclear Industry Huaxing Construction was fined $3m (£1.9m), the US Department of Justice said. | |
The US has restricted nuclear-related exports to Pakistan since the country's detonation of a nuclear device in 1998. | The US has restricted nuclear-related exports to Pakistan since the country's detonation of a nuclear device in 1998. |
It marks the first time a Chinese company has admitted guilt in a US criminal export case. | It marks the first time a Chinese company has admitted guilt in a US criminal export case. |
Nanjing-based Huaxing admitted to charges that it conspired to ship the epoxy coating through China to Pakistan's Chashma II Nuclear Power Plant in 2006 and 2007. | |
Huaxing was building the site as part of a nuclear cooperation pact signed between Pakistan and China. | Huaxing was building the site as part of a nuclear cooperation pact signed between Pakistan and China. |
A Chinese subsidiary of the company that made the coating, PPG Industries, pleaded guilty in the same investigation in 2010. |
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