1967, June 17

Only two years and eight months after China exploded her first atomic bomb, the country's scientists have developed a hydrogen bomb. It is successfully tested in Western China - making China the forth nation with the ability to construct a hydrogen fusion device.

Literature:

US Central Intelligence Agency (1970): Communist China's Strategic Weapons Program. National Intelligence Estimate, NIE 13-8-69 (Declassified: June 2004)

External Web Links:

http://www.foia.cia.gov/search.asp?pageNumber=1&freqReqRecord=nic_china.txt#