Mao's theory on atomic bomb: They can't kill us all TOKYO, Oct. 17, 1964 (UPI) -- Chairman Mao Tse-Tung maintains that Communist China has nothing to fear from nuclear weapons.

A soldier walks between a Chinese made atomic bomb, left, and a combination hydrogen/atomic bomb, right, on display at the Military Museum in Beijing, China on July 16, 2007.

The bomb was then reassembled in about 10 hours at the Qinghai site and prepared for China’s first nuclear explosion. In total, it took China only some three to five weeks to convert the UF6, cast ...

An atomic bomb, according to Time, works by splitting heavy atoms, like uranium or plutonium, into smaller pieces. This process is called fission, and it releases a lot of energy.

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them wondering if it was the work of the Chinese government or someone else.

TOKYO, Oct. 16, 1964 (UPI) -- Red China today exploded its first atomic bomb. It then immediately proposed a world conference to ban use of nuclear weapons.The official New China News Agency, in a ...