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December 22, 2009

Five Myths About Darfur by John Prendergast
      China's oil investments in Sudan keep it from pressuring the        government.     
     China, which has invested more than $9 billion during the past decade in Sudan's oil sector, has provided weapons to the regime and run interference for it at the U.N. Security Council.  Major international efforts to pressure Beijing to play a more constructive role have fallen on deaf ears. However, the game could change. If the 2005 peace deal between Sudan's north and south collapses and southerners go back to war, their first targets will be Chinese oil installations in the north. China, therefore, has a vested interest in peace and security. Washington and Beijing could partner in a diplomatic "surge" in Darfur.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-prendergast_22edi.State.Edition1.2d4a58f.html
     

       
 
 
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