Why doesn’t China stop the genocide in Darfur?
It is beginning to look as if only China, as Sudan’s biggest economic and diplomatic supporter and a permanent member of the UN Security Council, can stop the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan where as many as 400,000 people have been killed since 2003 and more than 3 million others may face a similar fate.
In the summer of 2008, the world will turn its gaze to China and the Beijing Olympics. A growing number of activists want to make sure the shadow of Darfur, and China’s complicity in the killing, are what the world remembers. More information here.