China Exporting Weapons to 'Rogue' Countries
By Chen Jingsong
Radio Free Asia
Jul 03, 2006
Last month Amnesty International published a report branding the=
 
Chinese
communist party (CCP) as the "most irresponsible" in the world=
 because it 
exported dangerous weapons to Burma, Nepal, Sudan, and the Great=
 Lakes 
region in Africa. Having such weapons has intensified the=
 tensions and 
conflicts in these regions and directly resulted in an increase=
 in 
humanitarian disasters.
In the face of such a serious charge, the Chinese communist=
 regime totally 
denied the charges and maintained that it follows three=
 principles when 
exporting weapons.
The CCP claims that it is "helping the self-defence capacity of=
 the 
importing countries." However, the exported weapons were not used=
 for 
self-defence but for civil war in each of the countries cited.=
 For 
example, China-supplied weapons helped the Sudanese army to=
 suppress 
resistance movements and kill civilians, and helped the Burmese=
 army to 
suppress democratic movements and the Karen people.
Secondly, the CCP states the weapons are not meant to "harm the=
 peace, 
security and stability of the world and the related areas."=
 However, 
exporting weapons to Iran, North Korea, and the former Taliban=
 regime in 
Afghanistan has contributed to regional and even global crises.
Also, the CCP claims that they "their military trade does not=
 interfere 
with other sovereignties' internal affairs." But in fact, the=
 purpose of 
the CCP's exporting weapons to Burma, North Korea, and Zimbabwe=
 was to 
sustain failing despotic rulers in those countries, and enabled=
 them to 
persecute and kill their own people.
Amnesty International condemned the CCP for its mass exportation=
 of 
weapons in exchange for profits or energy resources. The CCP=
 defended 
itself by saying that its weapons exports were far less than that=
 of 
Russia, the United States, or the European Union.
The fact is, the United States and other relevant countries=
 openly reveal 
their exportation of weapons; while the Chinese communist regime=
 arms 
deals are kept secret. The outside world will never know how many=
 weapons 
China exports each year. Actually, the majority of the missiles,=
 chemical 
and biological weapons, and the spread of nuclear weapons to=
 rogue 
countries can be traced back to the CCP.
It can be argued that wherever there are regional conflicts and=
 global 
crises, the Chinese communist regime's shadow is behind it.
In the last two years, Iran has been causing increasing=
 international 
concerns with its nuclear threats. Iran claimed that it had made=
 a 
"significant breakthrough" in the extraction technology of=
 enriched 
uranium, which is used for nuclear weapons.
However, the so-call "significant breakthrough" was purchasing=
 high 
quality processed uranium from China. In other words, the Iranian=
 nuclear 
threats have come about with the complicity of the Chinese=
 communist 
regime.
Similarly, in North Korea a nuclear crisis exists. Hwang Jang=
 Yop, former 
secretary of the North Korean Workers Party who fled Pyongyang,=
 confirmed 
that the CCP assisted North Korea in the development of its=
 nuclear 
weapons. The aim of the Chinese communist regime was to expand=
 its 
international influence by aiding North Korea. The CCP is=
 providing 70 
percent of North Korea's fuel requirements. It wishes to control=
 the Kim 
regime, so that Kim will stay in the totalitarian bloc led by the=
 CCP and 
remain an opposing force against the democratic world led by the=
 U.S.
In the face of accelerating nuclear threats by North Korea and=
 Iran, the 
civilized world is trying to finds solutions that will end the=
 conflicts 
with those countries; while the Chinese communist regime repeats=
 the same 
sentence, "We hope the conflicts can be solved through dialogue.=
 We oppose 
wars and violence; but we also oppose sanctions."
If the CCP really thinks so much of "dialogues," why doesn't it 
communicate with its own people? In such human rights disasters=
 as the 
"June 4th" Massacre, Falun Gong genocide, or the massacre in=
 Shanwei, the 
Chinese communist regime refused to listen to the people.=
 Instead, the CCP 
used violence and didn't hesitate to shed human blood.
The double standard of the communist regime shows a hypocritical=
 and 
devious nature. When the entire world is heading towards=
 democracy and 
peace, the CCP not only adheres to autarchy and dictatorship, but=
 has also 
brought together five Asian countries to form a so-called=
 "Shanghai 
Cooperation Organization" (SCO). It wants to see a resurgence of=
 the 
notorious "Warsaw Treaty Organization" so as to oppose the=
 civilized world 
to the very end.
The CCP invited Iran's president to a recent SCO summit. To some,=
 this 
indicated that the CCP wants to pull Iran into the SCO and to=
 offer Iran 
protection. The Chinese communist regime doesn't appear to be=
 supporting 
world peace but is instead compromising the safety of China's=
 people.