Into Africa; China's manipulative role in Darfur

It is no surprise that China is an up-and-coming superpower. The progress that it has made in the last 20 year has far surpassed the progress that some countries have made in their entire history. "Into Africa" was simply a weak attempt by the CBC at calling China a manipulative country, using its "diplomatic efforts" as well-planned intelligent political and economic moves.

The whole article goes on about the marriage between China and Africa and how Africa will soon become incredibly important to China. All of this is nice and dandy, however, it fails to mention what the most important relationship between the two countries is. It hints at the situation in Sudan, but what exactly is going on there? A little thing I like to call The Next Rwanda.

We all knows that there is murder going on in Darfur, yet everyone is hiding behind the term "genocide," or what has been referred to as "acts of genocide." The Genocide Convention essentially states that until someone officially refers to it as a "genocide," it should not be treated as such, yet...when is someone going to step up to the plate? When is enough enough?

The story is basically this: the government in Sudan, situated in the capital of the country, Khartoum has hired several militia men on horses called the Janjaweed. Why? To kill innocent citizens as result of the accusations that the government has been suppressing non-Arabs. Who is doing something about it? No one. Wouldn't you think that after Rwanda, the UN would learn its lesson and be the first to do something about the genocide going on in Darfur?

...Here's where China gets involved.

The UN Security Council is a group of 5, permanent countries which are charged with maintaining international peace and security. It has been around since its first session in London in 1946. The 5 members, in making all of these decisions have a special power called the veto. What this means is that Article 27 of the UN Charter states that all decisions require affirmative votes of these five members, and without it, the UN cannot proceed with any of its proposals. Who is involved in this security council?

France
Russia
UK
United States
China

What does this mean?
China, the country with the rapidly growing economy has been using its veto so that nothing will be done in by the UN in Darfur.

The article mentions that 62% of exports to China from Africa from 1999-2004 were OIL. With precious oil wells discovered in Sudan, by China, why would it want to risk the destruction of these wells in order to simply save thousands of innocent lives in Africa? I have to ask the harsh question on every one’s mind; who really cares about Africa?

Knowing all of this and understanding Chinas shameful role in Darfur only leads me to the conclude that the entire article written about the relations between China and Africa was neither harsh, nor controversial, and not even close to the truth about the underhanded situation involving China.

The article leaves the reader with this:
So, China's honeymoon of investment in Africa may be coming to a close as the Chinese discover that economic relations cannot be dissociated from diplomacy or good corporate behaviour.

If I were to have written the article it would have read something like this:
So, China's honeymoon of investment in Africa may be coming to a close as the world discovers that China is a manipulative, underhanded country whose "diplomatic efforts" should not be confused with its true motives; self-interest and economic growth.