PHONE OR FAX CHINESE EMBASSIES

Please fax or phone the Chinese Embassy on the following numbers, to demand an immediate and permanent cessation of Chinese Nuclear Testing.

UK

Phone: 44 171 636 5637
Fax: 44 171 636 9756

France

Phone:(33) 1 47 23 48 98
Fax: (33) 1 47 20 24 22

Russia

Phone:(70) 95 938 2006 or 143 1540
Fax: No fax number available

US

Phone: 1 202 328 2500
Fax: 202 328 2582

Canada

Phone: 613 789 3434
Fax: 613 789 1911

Belgium

Phone: 32 2 6404006
Fax: 32 2 6403595

Chile

Phone: 56 2 2339880
Fax: 56 2 2341129

Eire/ Ireland

Phone: (353) 01 2691707
Fax: not available at time of contacting

Japan

Phone: 81 3 3403 3388/3380
Fax: 81 3 3403 4925 (not working at present)

Please contact your local embassy if you can. (You can help by letting us know of your local embassies' phone and fax numbers by mailing us here).

CONTACT ADDRESS PRESIDENT OF CHINA

H E Jiang Zemin
President of the People's Republic of China
C/o State Council Secretariat
Beijing
China

(We have not managed so far to obtain a fax or phone number in China. Until then ordinary post will have to do!)

SUGGESTION FOR A LETTER TO AMBASSADORS

Your Excellency,

I want to protest strongly against the nuclear test China held in Lop Nor on 17 August. This is the second time your country has set off a nuclear test since the signing of the Non- Proliferation Treaty in May of this year.

At the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference in May, your country promised to "excercise utmost restraint" in the field of nuclear testing. Three days later your government tested a nuclear weapon in Lop Nor. By continuing to test nuclear weapons, your country blatantly defies the spirit of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which aims to put a stop to the spread of nuclear weapons.

It also sets back the current negotiations about the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, by provoking other countries to develop and test nuclear weapons because you do. You cannot ask other countries to hold back on aquiring their own nuclear arsenal unless the states which currently hold nuclear weapons show they are prepared not to use them. Your country, as well as France, must set an example for world peace and stop testing nuclear weapons, instead of actively continuing the nuclear threat.

I urge you to reconsider any further plans for nuclear tests immediately, and start working towards eliminating all nuclear weapons by adopting a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty now.

Yours Sincerely,