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(en) J. Todd Reed, Diana Raschke, The Etim: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat, ABC-CLIO, 2010, (ISBN0313365407 et 9780313365409), p. 27 : « ...mainstream news accounts claim that as many as 210000 people have died from the radiation.75 Some Uyghur activists claim half a million deaths.76 Untold numbers of people have been affected by cleft palates and other birth defects, as well as increased rates of cancer. By 1990, cancer rates near Lop Nor were more than 35 percent higher than the national average.77 » 75. William D. Shingleton, “In Xinjiang, China's Consolidation Isn't Solid,” The Christian Science Monitor, August 27, 1997, Cord Meyer, “Plight of the Uighur People,” The Washington Times, September 5, 1997.76. Anwar Yusuf Turani, “Declaration of the Formation of the E. T. Government in Exile,”. World Uighur Network News 2004, SPARK Uighur Press on Eastern Turkestan. September 14, 2004. News release. 77. Buncombe, "China's Secret Nuclear Tests."
(en) « China Overview », Nuclear Threat Initiative (consulté le )
(en) James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey for NTI, « China Nuclear Overview » (consulté le )