{"id":1070,"date":"2011-09-29T01:04:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T05:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2011-09-29T01:04:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T05:04:33","slug":"chinas-african-mischief-yuriko-koike-project-syndicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/29\/chinas-african-mischief-yuriko-koike-project-syndicate\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s African Mischief &#8211; Yuriko Koike &#8211; Project Syndicate"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Since 2000, China has actively courted Africa\u2019s unstable and dictatorial countries with offers of aid and a refusal to back United Nations sanctions against them. Indeed, China has blithely entered into business with African countries that Europe and America refuse to engage with, owing to sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;..China has chosen a high-risk path \u2013 ignoring human rights and violating UN sanctions \u2013 to secure the energy and other resources needed to sustain its economy\u2019s rapid growth. It is a choice that neither befits one of the permanent members of the Security Council, nor demonstrates China\u2019s readiness to be a responsible stakeholder in the international community.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s willingness to arm and defend African dictators, even in the teeth of UN sanctions, as in Libya, undermines its claim to a \u201cpeaceful rise.\u201d Given China\u2019s Libyan duplicity, the world should now determine whether it is a country that obeys international rules only when doing so suits its interests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/koike22\/English\">China\u2019s African Mischief &#8211; Yuriko Koike &#8211; Project Syndicate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2000, China has actively courted Africa\u2019s unstable and dictatorial countries with offers of aid and a refusal to back United Nations sanctions against them. 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