oct 16, 1964 - Project 596 (chine A-bomb) (1964)
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Project 596, (Miss Qiu (Chinese: 邱小姐, Qiū Xiǎojiě) as code word, Chic-1 by the US intelligence agencies) was the first nuclear weapons test conducted by the People's Republic of China, detonated on 16 October 1964, at the Lop Nur test site. ... With the test, China became the fifth nuclear power in the world.
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