Reply #16: Not only their own countrymen, but how about Darfur? [View All]

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http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8PKNVVO0.htm

China opposed to US resolution on Darfur


China has rejected a U.S. House of Representatives resolution urging Chinese pressure on Sudan to resolve the Darfur crisis, saying the American move wrongly links the issue to next year's Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, buys two-thirds of Sudan's oil exports, sells the African country weapons and military aircraft, and has blocked efforts to send U.N. peacekeeping forces to Darfur without Sudanese consent.

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