Burma: China's Client State

The FT reports:

In January, Wang Guangya, Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, vetoed a UN resolution calling for more freedom, democracy and human rights in Burma. He did so partly on the grounds that it was arbitrary to single out Burma when “similar problems exist in many other countries as well”.

Technically Mr Wang was right, but Burma – which is fast becoming a Chinese client-state – has taken tyranny and brutality to new depths, exceeded in east Asia only by North Korea, another Chinese ally. Now that Burma is in the grip of what looks like pre-revolutionary unrest, Chinese leaders should end their reflexive, unconditional support for the military junta and devise a new and tougher way of dealing with Burma's generals.

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