 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mao Zedong akasarudza kutanga chirongwa chezvombo zvenyukireya zveChina mukati meKutanga kweTaiwan Strait Crisiswe19541955 pamusoro peQuemoy neMatsu Islands. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asingatarisiri kukwanisa kuenzana nenzvimbo huru yokuchengetera zvombo zvenyukireya yeAmerica, Mao aidavira kuti kunyange mabhomba mashomanene aizowedzera kuvimbika kweChina mune zvamatongerwe enyika. Kuvakwa kwezvirimwa zvinopfumisa uranium muBaotou neLanzhou kwakatanga muna 1958, uye nzvimbo yeplutonium muJiuquan nenzvimbo yokuedza yenyukireya yeLop Nur muna 1960. Soviet Union yakapa rubatsiro mupurogiramu yokutanga yeChina nokutumira vanachipangamazano kuti vabatsire muzvivako zvakatsaurirwa kugadzirwa kwezvinhu zvinoputika uye, muna October 1957, vakabvuma kupa bhomba romuenzaniso, zvombo, uye unyanzvi hunobatanidza. VaChinese, avo vaida kupinza tekinoroji nezvikamu zvayo kuti zvivandudzwe mukati meChina, vakatumira uranium kuSoviet Union, uye vaSoviet vakatumira zvombo zviviri zveR-2 muna 1958. 