Taking on the role - Sudan Issue
(3) But China has repudiated to question the role of Sudanese government in the mass killing and vetoed all the resolutions in the United Nations which was to sanction Khartoum, the capital of Sudan as China believes having sanctions for human rights reasons is not adequate. (3) This fact foretells how related Sudan and China are, and their corrupt affiliation. Currently, China is Sudan’s largest trading partner where Sudan exports oil to China for their need of natural resources and China exports their weapons to Sudan and provides finance manufacturing facilities to build weapons. (1) They have invested $1 billion to enhance refineries in Khartoum. Although from 2003 to 2006, China has profited $500 million from selling arms to Africa continent (1) and Media has spotted the verification of possible traded Chinese weapons in use in the Darfur conflict region, (2) but they do not have a detail confirmation of China providing arms to Sudan until now. China sees that interfering with sovereign nation’s internal conflict will only bring the situation worse and as Sudan is a sovereign nation; all member nations should respect and value the country’s laws and regulations. But China, on the other hand, states that UN involvement is necessary and has not vetoed the resolution that authorizes peacekeepers for Darfur and allows UN peacekeeping deployment. (4) Also, China has claimed that they are investing huge on oil in Africa only out of friendship and diplomacy. They claim that they only import 8. 7% of Africa’s total oil export and it is Europe which imports 33% of Africa’s total oil.