<page_title> List of states with nuclear weapons </page_title> <table> <cell> NPT recognized United States Russia United Kingdom France China Others India Israel (undeclared) Pakistan North Korea Former South Africa Belarus Kazakhstan Ukraine <col_header> Nuclear weapons </col_header> <col_header> Background </col_header> <col_header> Nuclear-armed states </col_header> </cell> </table>
China is one of the five nuclear weapons states (NWS) recognized by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.