TY - BOOK AU - SHEN Dingli TI - Iran's nuclear ambitions test China's wisdom PY - 2006/// KW - CHINA KW - MYANMAR KW - NUCLEAR POWER N2 - Iran claims that it is entitled to nuclear sovereignty over civilian nuclear power and has denied that it has had a nuclear weapons program. Five main considerations shape China's thinking on the Iranian nuclear issue respecting Iran's right to a civilian nuclear program, perpetuating the nuclear nonproliferation regime, maintaining bilateral energy and economic ties with Iran, protecting relations with United States and promoting China's international image ER -