China tells Burmese junta to stop crackdown now

[eppur_se_muova]

Source: Mizzima News

Shyamal Sarkar
Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)

September 30, 2007 - A perturbed China, rattled with the escalating violence in Burma, given that it will be hosting the 2008 Olympic games, has asked the Burmese military junta to put an immediate halt to the violent crackdown on demonstrating monks and Burmese people.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, during a telephone conversation with the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday said China is concern with situations in Burma and urged all parties concern to show restraint in the face of growing protests.

"China hopes that all parties concerned in Myanmar show restraint, resume stability through peaceful means as soon as possible, promote domestic reconciliation and achieve democracy and development," Wen said, in a statement release by the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs.

China, has been watching the events unfolding in strife torn Burma, and has been hinting that the junta do something about it. The UN special envoy's visit to Burma, where he met with the Burma Army brass with his three-member team in the new jungle capital in Nay Pyi Taw and followed it up with a 90-minute meeting with the Burmese Nobel Peace Laureate in a state guest house in Rangoon, may have spurred the Chinese government to act.
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Caveat: I have no idea how trustworthy this site is. It was identified by BBC as an "opposition" Web site. One should not assume a lack of bias.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Only China can do that sort of shit.

The Burmese fascists must be wondering what sort of shit their fascist chinese pals are smoking.

[Kagemusha]

2. Thanks for the disclaimer. No idea if this is true either

I mean, it seems to be a wishful thinking thing. But we'll see.

[DRoseDARs]

3. Reuters had an article 3 days ago with China telling Myanmar to settle down...

Note: They may have revised the original article that they posted, but the point is yes, China has indeed asked Myanmar to stop.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=3007640

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Thanks. For some unknown reason, I cannot see Reuters' posts anymore...

I see the ads, but the main page is just white space. :shrug:

[emlev]

5. “The regime is showing its utter disdain for international opinion.”

From this article:

Generals snub UN envoy
Junta ‘shows disdain for international opinion’; resident talks of bloodbath in Rangoon

Burma’s two junta leaders, General Than Shwe and his deputy, General Maung Aye, both snubbed UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari when he flew to their sealed-off capital, Naypyidaw, today for talks to solve the crisis now shaking the country, writes Edward Loxton from Thailand.

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Meanwhile, a Burmese businesswoman back in Thailand from a visit to her parents in Mandalay, said it was rumoured that two key generals, including Mandalay’s commander, Kin Zaw, and a Rangoon divisional commander, Hla Htay Oo, had been relieved of their duties. Both were said to have opposed the use of force against monks.

(snip)

It’s a bloodbath. When is the world going to act to stop it?

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I also don't know much about this website. Hard to know what news to trust. But I've been keeping an eye on this site for several days and nothing has yet made me particularly distrust it.

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