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| China fights UN sanctions on Sudan to safeguard oil |
| 2004-10-18 |
| China is trying to stop the United Nations imposing sanctions on Sudan over the crisis in the Darfur regionto protect its oil imports from the country, say western diplomats. For the past six years Beijing has been the Sudanese government's main backer, buying 70 per cent of its exports, servicing its $20bn debt and supplying the Khartoum government with most of its weapons. Beijing oil imports jumped 35 per cent this year and its reliance on a growing number of rogue states to meet its needs is putting it on a collision course with the United States. Sudan and Iran together supply 20 per cent of China's oil imports, and if economic sanctions were applied to either, Beijing would be unable to sustain its high growth rates. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 SPoD, I don't think we want Chinese troops anywhere but in China (if that's what you meant). China's reliance on rogue states will come back to bite them hard. About the only thing you have going for you in a Communist, centrally planned economy is predictability. Predictability is in short supply when dealing w/ rogue nations. |
| Posted by: Psycho Hillbilly 2004-10-18 10:25:21 AM |
| #1 If China has this relationship with Sudan then why can't we convince China to deal with Sudan? Screw the UN. Go right to China and tell then to sort Sudan out. If China wants to be a world player it's going to have to act like one. This is a good chance to show the world what it can do. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-18 9:21:18 AM |