Monday, May 16, 2005

EU - not up in arms

Under pressure from it's allies - the US and Japan - the EU has had to go back on plans to end the China arms embargo. How to tell the Chinese - easy - just request some progress on Human Rights as a precondition to any arms sale. Four specific areas are mentioned - signing up to UN conventions, ending re-education through labour, freeing Tiananmen detainees and a freer media. more from the Daily Telegraph...

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