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In the summer of 2007, the organization Dream for Darfur had asked Staples, the exclusive supplier of office furniture to the 2008 Olympics, to appeal to Beijing to curtail its support for Khartoum. China imports over two-thirds of Sudan’s oil, has invested as much as $15...
Not only does the Chinese government have immense political and diplomatic leverage over the Sudanese government, but it has been responsive to campaigns linking Darfur with the Olympics. In July 2007, Beijing voted in favor of the Security Council resolution authorizing the deployment of the United Nations-African Union Mission...
This is an especially bad time for China to be showing a hostile face to the world. Polls indicate that China's international reputation has taken a beating recently. A Financial Times/Harris poll of Europeans revealed that China is considered the biggest threat to world stability, replacing the U.S. And...
Well aware of the dangers that uncontrolled nationalism poses both domestically and internationally, Beijing has already begun clamping down, with senior ministers appealing for calm on radio and television. Will angry Chinese calm down simply because their leaders tell them to? So far, Beijing has been spared the most visible...
After trading textbooks for their respective weapons to train for this year’s Summer Olympics, both foilist Emily Cross and epee fencer Benji Ungar were hoping for good news this past week. Unfortunately for Ungar, only Cross was rewarded for her efforts, landing a spot on the 2008...