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| China urges to resolve Iranian issue within IAEA |
| 2004-09-19 |
| A Chinese senior official said Saturday it is in the interest of all parties to peacefully resolve the Iranian nuclear issue through talks within the framework of the I nt ernational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Zhang Yan, China's permanent representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna, made the remarks after the UN nuclear watchdog adopted a resolution setting a Nov. 25 deadline for Iran to freeze its uranium enrichment program. The resolution, adopted at a meeting of the IAEA's 35-nation board of governors, does not call on the board to report Iran's nuclear issue to the UN Security Council, as the United States hadstrongly demanded. But the document says the agency will decide inNovember on whether Iran has fully met its demands and see if any further actions are needed. ...more... |
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| #4 A better Chinese translation would be: "We want to keep our customer." |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-20 12:30:26 PM |
| #3 Translation: "We are selling stuff to Iran and they piss off the US, ergo they are our friend of convnience." |
| Posted by: Brutus 2004-09-19 1:45:53 PM |
| #2 China urges to resolve Iranian issue within IAEA I think there must be some issue here with translation or something. If North Korea is any indicator, when the Chinese say "resolve" it means an interminable festering drip fed diplomatic stalemate that serves China's ends only. China's breeding up of a regional threat for the Middle East, as it has done in the north Asian quadrant, is merely rewarded by all and sundry with continued business by exactly those who should be most concerned. That America lacks the spine to begin a program of sanctions and trade embargoes against China shows, to paraphrase George Will, that the White House loves commerce more than it loathes communism. Quite simply, we are feeding the hand that bites us. Europe's recent overtures regarding a pact with the communist Chinese regime represents a new low in craven false alliances. Their ability to disregard China's export of the very missile technology that Iran could use to attack them perfectly typifies the incredible shortsightedness they have displayed on all other fronts. Should Europe continue this reckless pursuit of trumping the United States at any cost, their reward will come in the form of missile attacks and Islamic domination of their cultures. All of which will be richly deserved. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-19 12:40:35 PM |
| #1 Kind of an empty comment, given China's support for Iranian nuclear efforts. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-19 1:50:59 AM |