The Bush administration is expected to continue delaying a decision on American communications satellite exports to China because Chinese leaders have not satisfied US concerns about Beijing's arms proliferation practices, a senior US official said on Tuesday.
Chinese leaders "knew what they had to say and they didn't say it" during talks with Secretary of State Colin Powell last Saturday, the official said.
"Indefinite delay [by the administration in approving licenses for the satellite exports] is the most probable outcome," he said.
Before Powell's visit to Beijing, Chinese officials were told in advance that he would be looking for a recommitment to China's pledge last November not to assist any country developing ballistic missiles that can be used to deliver nuclear weapons and to abide by a voluntary international accord that limits missile exports to unstable regions.
The US also wanted Beijing to finally promulgate long-promised export control regulations.
Chinese leaders agreed to hold nonproliferation talks with the Bush administration, as they held talks with previous US administrations.
Nevertheless, "the Chinese haven't met our requirements," the US official said.
Other officials said they believe that since November, Chinese entities have transferred missile technology to Pakistan and possibly to other countries in violation of Beijing's pledge.
If the administration were to make a formal determination that China violated last November's accord, China or Chinese entities could be subject to further sanctions beyond the hold on satellite export licenses, officials said.
A recent report by the Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service said pending projects include Chinasat-8 and Apstar5 made by Loral Space Systems; Iridium owned by Motorola Inc and AsiaSat 4 made by Hughes Space and Communications.
Also, two satellites with US components requiring US authorization are Intelsat's APR-3 satellite from Astrium SAS of France and Italy's Alenia Spazio Atlantic-Bird-1 satellite.
In the past two decades, China promised six times not to transfer missiles and missile technology, yet has "broken each of those promises," by arming Pakistan, Syria, North Korea and possibly even Libya, the senators charged in a letter to Bush.
Most recently, China pledged last November not to assist any country developing ballistic missiles that can be used to deliver nuclear weapons and to abide by the Missile Technology Control Regime, a voluntary international accord that tries to limit missile exports to unstable regions.
In recent months, the administration has repeatedly given China specific details of how it believes China has violated its export commitments, including transferring technology to Pakistan that would further Islamabad's efforts to build missiles that could carry nuclear warheads, officials said.
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