By SOPHIE RICHARDSON
May 3, 2008; Page A9, The Wall St. Journal
The Chinese government’s decision this month to recall the ship named the An Yue Jiang – loaded with weapons, bound for Zimbabwe – may bring little genuine relief to those who suffer at the hands of the Mugabe government. Nevertheless, it decisively answers a question much debated in recent weeks by governments, activists and the international media: Is China susceptible to international pressure in the run-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing?
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Trymore MacVivo — Opinion
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000
ONE morning this week on April 17, something extraordinary happened to the impoverished residents of the city of Mutare in Manicaland Province in western Zimbabwe on the border with Mozambique.
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21 April 2008 04:41
Johannesburg, South Africa
A campaign to prevent arms currently aboard a Chinese ship from reaching Zimbabwe gained momentum on Monday with trade unions calling on their counterparts not to allow the vessel to dock at any African port.
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Wed 2 Apr 2008, 15:32 GMT
JOHANNESBURG, April 2 (Reuters) - A group of former world leaders including Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter urged China on Wednesday to negotiate with the Dalai Lama to find a peaceful solution to political unrest in Tibet.
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By Hu Jia and Teng Biao
Saturday, April 5, 2008; A15
This week, a Beijing court sentenced human rights activist Hu Jia to 3 1/2 years in prison for subverting state authority and to one additional year’s loss of his “political rights.” He was arrested in part for co-authoring, with Teng Biao, an open letter on human rights. Below, The Post prints Human Rights Watch’s translation of the Sept. 10, 2007, letter.
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By MICHELLE FAUL – March 15, 2008
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — A U.S.-based human rights group said China dramatically boosted small-arms sales to Sudan as violence escalated in Darfur. Beijing denied the group’s report on Friday.
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Thu 13 Mar 2008, 19:26 GMT
By Paul Eckert, Asia Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese sales of assault rifles and other small arms to its ally Sudan have grown rapidly during the Darfur conflict despite a U.N. arms embargo, a human rights group said on Thursday.
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By Jie
Special to The Epoch Times
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By Zoe Ackah
Epoch Times Staff
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