From Asian Tribune:
It is hardly surprising that the London-based Amnesty International has reported that China has become the ‘most secretive and irresponsible’ exporter of arms which help fuel conflicts in many parts of the world. Sudan, Nepal and Myanmar are among the countries that have received the ‘secret’ consignment of arms from Beijing. In each of these countries the autocratic governments are (or till recently were, in the case of Nepal) suppressing the people’s resistance to stay in power.
The clandestine arms trade of China has been in existence for long and in full knowledge of countries such as the US. Despite some ‘sanctions’, which did not have any punitive effect, Beijing was never under any pressure to introduce transparency in its one billion dollar arms export, much less curb it. The Amnesty lament has, therefore, come too late to in the day. [Full Text]
