From AFP, via The Asia Age: Twenty former world leaders, including Lionel Jospin of France and Mary Robinson of Ireland, on Friday urged China to use its influence to press Burma’s junta to hold talks with the Opposition. The former heads of state and government made the call in a letter addressed to Chinese President […]
From LA Times: China and Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution on Friday that would have demanded Myanmar’s military regime end political repression and human rights violations, insisting that the Southeast Asian nation’s internal matters don’t pose a threat to international peace and security. The U.N. measure underlined the need “to minimize the risks to peace […]
From The Washington Post, via Sudan Tribune: Last week Wang Guangya, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, made a formal statement on Darfur that calls into question China’s claim to be treated as a responsible international player. Mr. Wang began by saying that China wants U.N. peacekeepers to be deployed in Darfur, calling this a […]
In the New York Times Magazine, James Traub writes about China’s Ambassador to the United Nations and China’s growing role in the UN: China now aspires to play an active role on the global stage, which is why it sends skilled diplomats like Wang Guangya to the U.N. That’s the good news. The bad news […]
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