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Practice Relating to Rule 85. The Use of Incendiary Weapons against Combatants
Section A. The use of incendiary weapons in general
VI. Other National Practice
In 1973, during a debate in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, China stated that it was against the use of incendiary weapons and condemned Israel’s use of them in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. 
China, Statement before the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, UN Doc. A/C.1/PV.1968, 23 November 1973, p. 569.
At the 18th International Conference of the Red Cross, China condemned the use of napalm by US forces in the Korean War, stating: “Foreign invaders also wantonly bombarded the undefended cities and villages located far from the front line, for many times used the most inhumane napalm bombs.” 
China, Statement of 30 July 1952 at the 18th International Conference of the Red Cross, Toronto, 26 July–7 August 1952, reprinted in Documents on Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, World Knowledge Press, Beijing, Vol. 2, pp. 82–83.