The Washington Post: “China Campaigning Against International Probe of Possible War Crimes in Burma”
by Danny Fisher
"Protesters shout slogans calling for a boycott of the Nov. 7 elections in Myanmar during a rally Friday in front of the Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City." Photo by Pat Roque for the Associated Press.
The Washington Post reports:
The Chinese government has launched a high-octane diplomatic campaign during the past two months aimed at thwarting the Obama administration’s plan to back an international probe into possible war crimes by Burma’s military rulers.
The Chinese effort – which includes high-level lobbying of top U.N. officials and European and Asian governments – has taken the steam out of the U.S. initiative, which was designed to raise the political costs to Burma’s military junta for failing to open its Nov. 7 elections to the country’s political opposition.
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