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How Many Rifles Can an Airbus Hold: China Streamlining Genocide

Monday, November 16th, 2009
With flights from Khartoum to Beijing running direct, illicit weapons trading finds easier route

With flights from Khartoum to Beijing running direct, illicit weapons trading finds easier route

China, an instrumental supporter of Omar al-Bashir and his murderous regime, proudly announced a new flight direct from Beijing to Khartoum earlier this week. The flight, provided by Hainan Airlines, China’s largest privately-owned air transport company, is launching its maiden direct flight between Beijing and the Sudanese capital next Tuesday. Interestingly, the Beijing-Khartoum flight is Hainan’s second to Africa – the first was a flight to Luanda, Angola…..another of the continent’s top oil-producing countries. These flights are clearly about business.

Additionally, the timing is interesting in terms of the priorities it reveals. Hainan only has one North American destination in service: Seattle. The Khartoum route service coincides with approval to begin a second North American route to Honolulu. That’s two American routes for one Sudanese route….Furthermore Hainan has only two current destinations in Western Europe: Brussels and Berlin, with a bid for Dusseldorf. It has five routes to Russia, no stranger to illicit arms deals with Sudan.

So what’s the big deal? Well, aviation links between China and Sudan deserve extra scrutiny. Why? Because first, the illegal deployment of aviation assets was a major factor in violation of the Sudan arms embargo as cited by the United Nations Panel of Experts report released last month. Further, private companies have been central to these violations, and many have been nonresponsive or uncooperative toward the panel’s inquiries. Finally, the vast majority of ammunition and weapons found in Darfur, POST-EMBARGO, were manufactured by Chinese companies in China. That means that military materiel was illegally transported from China to Sudan somehow.  The report calls for greater transparency and accountability in their movement, citing:

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The Global Peace Index: Measuring Peace for a Better Tomorrow

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009


On June 2nd I attended the release of the 2009 Global Peace Index at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The Global Peace Index is the worlds only measure of countries in their varying states of peace. The index was created in order to further the understanding of what nurtures and sustains peace and to measure the progress of a countries and the international system.

The state of the worlds peace is measured by a country to country basis and in various ways, including varying states of:

Social and Political Peace (i.e. degree of non-violent conflict, Militarization, Organized conflict, Number of displaced people, Number of external and internal conflicts, Respect for human rights, Social unrest (i.e. violent protest), Political instability, Number of deaths due to conflict, Potential for terrorist attacks.

The Global Peace Index (GPI) was started in 2007 by Clyde McConaghy and Steve Killelea. Each year since then they have gathered a panel of Peace and International Relations specialists together to study and speak about the state of the Global Peace Index (GPI) and what that means for the world. This year at the 2009 GPI the hot topic was the economy and how that has effected the state of the worlds peace. Below is the world chart for the 2009 GPI results:

There is also a detailed list of each countries rankings with a break down of how they achieved their standing here.

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China Supports “Criminal” Bashir

Friday, January 9th, 2009

On Wednesday, Liu Guijin, China’s point man on Darfur called for an expected indictment by the International Criminal Court for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to be “postponed.”  While the judges of the ICC have yet to rule on the request for the indictment against Bashir, China’s efforts to preemptively defend Bashir are both outrageous and irresponsible, and ignore the plight of those still suffering in Darfur.  Suspending an investigation into crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide would be unconscionable.

Moreover, China’s logic for calling for the postponement is baffling.  Liu said that if an ICC indictment is issued “[Bashir] will become a kind of criminal suspect.”  Liu asked “how can the international community consider the criminal suspect as a credible partner…for the Darfur political process.”  The Chinese government is arguing that an indictment should not be handed down because the world will not be able to deal diplomatically with a criminal – in essence, Bashir should be let off the hook for his crimes because of his responsibility for those same crimes!

Fortunately, China does not seem willing to offer the necessary motion at the United Nations Security Council to suspend the Bashir investigation, so their opposition is thus far purely rhetorical.  That said, Liu’s statement provides an important insight into how China plans to deal with the Darfur issue in the coming year, and shows that they plan to continue their unvarnished support for the Bashir regime.

With a new year starting at the United Nations and with an incoming Obama administration which has voiced strong support for ending the genocide in Darfur, China’s hand may quickly be forced by potential U.S.-led efforts to expand the U.N. arms embargo and strengthen the sanctions regime against the Sudanese government.  Will China finally become a responsible stakeholder in the process to end the Darfur genocide in 2009 or will it continue to play an obstructionist role?  Time will tell, but early returns aren’t promising.

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Congress Highlights Arms Trade in Darfur

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

“It started firing. People began screaming. The shooting continued until the houses were burning. The woman was burned on her legs. Her body had a bullet hole that went from her chest to her back.” Such statements have tragically become routine since the start of the Darfur genocide, but what makes this quote of particular note is that the “it” was identified as a Chinese-made anti-aircraft gun mounted on the back of a Dong Feng truck, also manufactured in China.

Despite a UN embargo on arms transfers into Darfur, several countries, including Russia and China, continue to funnel weapons to the Sudanese government by exploiting a loophole. The existing embargo allows weapons sales to the Government of Sudan provided they are not bound for Darfur — but the Sudanese government has publicly stated that it has every right to transfer military equipment wherever it wishes.

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When Will China Stop Supporting Genocide?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Posted on behalf of Congressman Jim McGovern (MA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

As millions of people around the world get ready to tune in and watch the Olympics in Beijing, they are probably unaware that their TVs likely share a common trait with the weapons used to kill up to 400,000 people in Darfur: they bear the stamp “Made in China.”

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Save Darfur blasts China’s ongoing military links with genocidal regime

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

BBCBeijing’s military support of Khartoum – in addition to its economic and diplomatic support – has been troubling for many years, and Sudan and China’s tight lid on information has made it difficult to discern the true nature of their current relationship. The BBC evidence uncovers the ongoing nature of that military support – though the full extent remains unclear. It also remains unclear whether China is willfully violating the U.N. arms embargo, is turning a blind eye to the consequences of its military support, or is simply being manipulated by al-Bashir’s government. (more…)

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Messinger and Fowler reiterate China’s role in bringing peace to Darfur

Monday, July 14th, 2008

The Nation published a column today by American Jewish World Service president Ruth Messinger and Save Darfur Coalition president Jerry Fowler on the essential role that China must play in bringing peace to Darfur. Below is an excerpt from the column, which can be found here.

Beijing’s theme for this year’s Games is “One World, One Dream.” According to the official website, this theme is meant to convey China’s commitment to “peaceful development, harmonious society and people’s happiness.”

We’ll state the obvious: China’s espousal of universal brotherhood flies in the face of its policies in Darfur. But China still has time to set things right. This is why advocates worldwide are urging China to take the following steps. First, immediately stop dealing small arms in Sudan. Providing these weapons only serves to arm many of the actors that are killing, raping, and maiming at will. Second, pressure Sudan to comply immediately with all existing UN Security Council resolutions, including the deployment of African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) forces to secure the region from the government-backed Janjaweed militia. Third, if Sudan does not change its behavior, China should refrain from vetoing UN sanctions against Sudan and its officials.

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