From Yesterday’s New York Times:
Alan R. Mulally, president of Boeing’s commercial aircraft division, introduced Mr. Hu to a group of 5,000 Boeing workers in an event that had the aura of a pep rally. After Mr. Hu made a glowing tribute to Boeing’s tradition of innovation, Mr. Mulally said simply, ”China rocks.”
No doubt “China rocks.” A few years back the Danish government sponsored a United Nations resolution calling attention to the poor human rights record of Beijing. The Chinese foreign ministry countered, the Washington Post reported, with this cheerful note:
relations with Denmark would be “severely damaged in the political or economic and trade areas.” In case that was too subtle, China added that the human rights resolution would “become a rock that smashes on the Danish government’s head.”
And today, Denmark and China are at odds over the atrocious human rights violations going on in Darfur: From ABC News:
The U.N. Security Council remained divided…on imposing punitive measures over the conflict in Darfur despite calls for sanctions against Sudanese allegedly blocking peace in the region…. Most of the 15-member council were in favor of sanctions, led by the United States, Britain, France and Denmark but Qatar, China, and Russia were strongly opposed, council diplomats said. Qatar is the only Arab member of the council, China is a major buyer of Sudanese oil, and Russia traditionally opposes sanctions.
“China Rocks”!
