To: TobagoJack who wrote (9505 ) 9/20/2006 12:25:03 AM From: Hawkmoon Read Replies (2) | Respond to Hello hamoon, you are sounding upset, sounding a bit off-ish, irrational almost. We started out discussing the maiming, pilfering, torturing, and killing that is external state-enabled in what was a cohesive Iraq, not quibbling over the foreign policy of Hong Kong or its neighbor, the PRC. The foreign policy of the PRC can more rather than less be summarized by non-interference ... are you sure you didn't mean milk powder factories? Further complicating implementation of the CPA are the business interests of other nations, China first and foremost. Sudan is China’s largest overseas oil provider, while China is Sudan’s largest arms supplier and, as a veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council, has helped thwart international attempts to respond more vigorously to the conflict in Darfur. China has invested more than fourteen billion dollars in Sudanese oil through the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). Working with the Sudanese government to obtain security and the rights to drill, CNPC contributes Chinese-made tanks, fighter planes, bombers, helicopters, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, firearms, and ammunition to the Sudanese military and SSDF. China has also established three arms factories in Sudan. A recent Amnesty International report confirms the links between China’s oil interests and arms dealing, stating “China's arms exports, estimated to be in excess of [US]$1 billion a year, often involve the exchange of weapons for raw materials to fuel the country's rapid economic growth. ” refintl.org
