Examples of use of BBC China
1. Khan network gave us knowledge of the shipment of thousands of centrifuge parts bound for Libya on the ship BBC China.
2. In turn, just two months after the BBC China interdiction, Libya announced its historic decision to eliminate its WMD and longer–range missile programs.
3. The BBC China interdiction in October 2003 that halted a shipment destined for Libya‘s nuclear weapons program is an example of what PSI participants can achieve together. –– PSI operational experts are working to improve their states‘ interdiction capabilities and are expanding our tool kit to prevent proliferation.
4. Guardian: First Chinese deaths from bird flu BBC: China confirms bird flu in pigs Guardian: China rejects claim it covered up outbreak Turkey Bird flu in humans was confirmed on January 5 2006 when a brother and sister died from H5N1 virus in the eastern town of Dogubayazit, close to Turkey‘s border with Iran.
5. Interdiction of the BBC China, followed by cooperation from the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Malaysia, Turkey and several European countries, led to the dismantlement of the Khan network and the on–going investigation, prosecution, and imprisonment of many of its leading members.