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| ChinaÂ’s Alarming Involvement in Sudan |
| 2006-03-27 |
| Sudan’s brutal Islamist President Omar al-Bashir and Chinese President Hu Jintao have become fast friends as of late, forging a Sino-Sudanese alliance that has serious implications for the Sudanese people and the future stability of the African continent. “China has burst on the African scene with a presence that has been frightening to many people who hadn’t realized how wide its reach is,” U.S. Representative Randy Forbes (R-VA), chairman of the new House China Caucus, noted in January... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 Article: “China has burst on the African scene with a presence that has been frightening to many people who hadn’t realized how wide its reach is,” U.S. Representative Randy Forbes (R-VA), chairman of the new House China Caucus, noted in January. China just wants to buy oil from Sudan. In return, Sudan wants shipments of cheap Chinese weapons of the kind needed to put down internal revolts. Why is China protecting the existing government from UN sanctions? Because its state-owned oil companies got a sweet deal from the existing Sudanese government that may not be honored if it is overthrown. China is in the Sudan for the same reason that South Korea was in Libya when Europe and the US had trade embargoes on for Libya's terrorist activities. It's nice to have a captive market. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-03-27 13:42 |
| #1 China and Sudan deserve one another. Good luck with your African experiment China. Maybe you will succeed where everyone else has failed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-03-27 08:25 |