That said, China's official position regarding space weapons is that ASATs and space-based weapons should be banned under a multinational treaty. Indeed, China has been pushing for a treaty on the non-weaponization of outer space since the late 1980s, driven in part by the United States Strategic Defense Initiative and its follow-ons. Chinese military officials also expressed concerns following the Persian Gulf War about the American military's ability to use satellites to amplify American military superiority on the ground in a way not seen before. According to Li Bin, director of CDI-Tsinghua Program on Cooperative Security in Beijing, Chinese arms control officials say they believe space weapons would be detrimental to world security, not just Chinese security

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