The Chinese military’s research into dual-use marine-based neurotoxins is raising the U.S. government’s concerns that a new wave of biological weapons is being developed for use in future conflicts, according to an annual State Department arms control compliance report.

In the document, released earlier this month, the Chinese “continued to engage in biological activities with potential [biological weapons] applications, including the possible development of toxins for military purposes, which raise concerns regarding its compliance” with the 1975 Biological Weapons Convention, (BWC) ratified by China in 1984, reports The Washington Times’ Bill Gertz.

China has developed several types of germ weapons in the past, including anthrax, cholera, and plague, but the latest report is the first time the nation’s government has been accused of researching marine toxins.

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