China yesterday rebuffed President Bill Clinton's request to join the United States publicly in a moratorium on underground nuclear testing, Reuter reports from Peking.
In a statement issued in response to Mr Clinton's extension of a testing moratorium, the Chinese Foreign Ministry chose only to reiterate Peking's frequently stated stand opposing nuclear arms in principle and vowing 'restraint' in testing.
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