Made in China: The planes and guns slaughtering Darfur's innocents

thisislondon.co.uk from the Evening Standard
July 13, 2008

Military equipment and weapons made in China are being used against civilians in Darfur in violation of a United Nations arms embargo in the troubled region of Sudan.

One Chinese-built army truck is understood to have taken part in an attack on a village. And Chinese-built and maintained fighter jets are also being used to bomb and strafe civilians, it is claimed.

The findings, in a Panorama documentary to be shown tomorrow, come just four weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics and amid intense international pressure over China's close economic, diplomatic and military ties with oil-rich Sudan, as well as its human rights record in Tibet.

Film director Steven Spielberg resigned as an artistic adviser to the Games in February over Beijing's support of the Sudanese government. And actress Mia Farrow, a UN goodwill ambassador, has also sought to draw attention to the two countries' relationship, calling the Games the 'Genocide Olympics'.

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