Chinese opposition to Sudan sanctions is expected

Many articles are framed in a way that castigate China for vetoing the imposition of sanctions on a regime involved in human rights abuses, but fail to cite the reasons for the refusal. Although they mention the fact that China has oil interests in the country, corporate media sources do not state that the US is seeking to prevent China from securing the Sudanese oil fields. The US has been active in preventing China from realizing its oil interests by blocking the Caspian basin through its invasion of Afghanistan and then securing control of Iraqi oil reserves by illegally occupying the country. Is it any surprise then that China opposes sanctions on a regime that could be its only hope in satisfying the energy needs of a burgeoning Chinese population? Is it any surprise that the Chinese don’t want to sacrifice an oil market that hasn’t already been stolen by the US?

Furthermore, since when did genocide or human rights abuses in another country arouse such reactions in the US? They certainly did not seem to care when Rwandans were mercilessly killing each other. They also did not seem to care when they supported murderous rebels to topple the democratically elected Aristide government in Haiti, and they certainly did not care when they supported the Northern Alliance Communists in Afghanistan who are currently torturing innocent Afghanis. The sudden “concern” now is merely an excuse to disturb Chinese business operations and can also become the pretext to go into Sudan under the guise of humanitarian intervention.

Regardless, it is unfortunate to see how a battle between two superpowers can potentially escalate into a proxy war that will cost millions of innocent lives.