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BEIJING, SEPT. 23. The United States has imposed sanctions on a Chinese Government weapons supplier that it says exported missile technology in violation of efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. embassy said on Thursday. It was the second time in two years that a major Chinese state-owned conglomerate has been punished by Washington on charges of proliferating missile technology. China has denied previous accusations and says it supports arms-control efforts. The U.S. announcement did not identify what country the latest company, Xinshidai or China New Era Group, was accused of dealing with or what it exported. But other Chinese weapons makers have been accused of helping Iran's missile programme. New Era's Web site says the 24-year-old firm handles exports for Chinese military contractors, as well as trading in goods as varied as tires and noodles.
Missile proliferation
The U.S. Government concluded the company ``contributed materially'' to another country's efforts to make missiles capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, an embassy spokesman said, reading from a statement by the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Non-proliferation.
New Era is barred for two years from exporting goods to the United States or doing business with the U.S. Government. The spokesman said he did not know what New Era might
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