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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 09:04 AM
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China to send envoy to Middle East over Gaza
Source: Reuter


BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) - China's special Middle East envoy will return to the region in the coming days to press for a halt to fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

The emissary, Sun Bigan, would visit Egypt, Gaza and Israel, spokesman Qin Gang said on the ministry's website (www. fmprc.gov.cn).

Qin expressed Beijing's serious concern about the escalating conflict, which has defied international efforts to stop it.

China is a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council but has traditionally wielded relatively little clout in the Middle East.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK7440...


OH NO! Now they got everybody's banker upset. What will happen now?
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   To me, this shows a shift in world power  ayeshahaqqiqa   Jan-10-09 09:07 AM   #1 
   Maybe, but I doubt Israel would trust China much or be willing to work with it.  Liberal_Lurker   Jan-10-09 09:09 AM   #2 
   True, but China is propping up the US ecconomy big time. And the US is supporting isreal  PFunk   Jan-10-09 09:34 AM   #3 
   Yes. This is a high-profile move by China to the front of the world stage.  DavidD   Jan-10-09 11:24 AM   #9 
   Funny how oil and money all work so strangely.  glowing   Jan-10-09 09:51 AM   #4 
   Really. China smells OIL!!!!!  Joanne98   Jan-10-09 10:18 AM   #5 
      Lou Dobbs  pjt7   Jan-10-09 10:30 AM   #6 
         Lou Dobbs...cheap slut talking head paid to enrage and instigate  DogPoundPup   Jan-10-09 10:40 AM   #7 
            yeah yeah yeah  pjt7   Jan-10-09 11:00 AM   #8 
   Why aren't the Chinese upset about Sudan?  Mudoria   Jan-10-09 01:33 PM   #10 
 
ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 09:07 AM
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1. To me, this shows a shift in world power
China is the economic giant--now it is ready to show its clout when it comes to diplomacy. And perhaps that is for the best. The Chinese don't have a history in the Middle East, nor do they have factions within their own country that are lobbying for one side or the other.
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Veritas_et_Aequitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 09:09 AM
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2. Maybe, but I doubt Israel would trust China much or be willing to work with it.
China has been a trading partner with Iran and has given Iran support with its nuclear program.
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PFunk (596 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 09:34 AM
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3. True, but China is propping up the US ecconomy big time. And the US is supporting isreal
So if China starts putting pressure of the US to get isreal to pull back. Chances are good it will eventually happen. Plus China is looking out or it;s main oil suppy (i.e Iran).
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 11:24 AM
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9. Yes. This is a high-profile move by China to the front of the world stage.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 09:51 AM
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4. Funny how oil and money all work so strangely.
It will be a lovely day when we can get off of oil/energy.
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 10:18 AM
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5. Really. China smells OIL!!!!!
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pjt7 (798 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 10:30 AM
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6. Lou Dobbs
had a thing on China's made rockets being bought by Iran & supplied to Hamas.

I never heard that angle before, as all the other "reports" say they are homemade.
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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 10:40 AM
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7. Lou Dobbs...cheap slut talking head paid to enrage and instigate
rumors and smears.
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pjt7 (798 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 11:00 AM
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8. yeah yeah yeah
But, some of his finacial coverage is great.
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Mudoria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-10-09 01:33 PM
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10. Why aren't the Chinese upset about Sudan?
Edited on Sat Jan-10-09 01:33 PM by Mudoria
You know, where some actual real genocide has been going on with the Chinese supporting the murderers? Why is that? Maybe they could try some real diplomacy... but I doubt it...
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