Outrage over picture of Chinese forced abortion at nine months
by Katerina Nikolas
Digital Journal
April 2, 2012
An image of a nine-month-old baby born as the result of a forced abortion and thrown in a bucket to die caused outrage when it was circulated on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, last week.
The forced abortion was carried out by Chinese family planning authorities in the town of Moshan, because the parents already had one child. Prison Planet reported the parents were hunted down and the mother injected with poison to induce an abortion. The report said after “the baby was ‘pulled out inhumanly like a piece of meat,’ it was still alive and began to cry before doctors slung the defenseless child into a bucket and left it to die.” According to a commentator on Beijing Shot monetary rewards are offered to women who agree to abort their children in order for family planning authorities to meet their targets. If the birth quota is exceeded then the whole village faces a penalty.
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China offers diplomatic solution to Syria and along with India rules out foreign intervention
by Madison Ruppert
Editor of End the Lie
March 4, 2012
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Image credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China)
China is now offering a proposal which they say could end all of the violence in Syria by calling for an immediate end to all violence on both sides and talks by all the parties.
However, they continue to stand strong in their opposition to foreign intervention like what we witnessed in Libya.
The proposal was released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry and is part of Beijing’s new effort to take an active diplomatic role in the Syrian crisis.
China has previously come under fire from the West for their veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution they said could open the door to a dangerous intervention.
Their new proposal reflects this concern, which is a very rational one. Instead of calling for foreign intervention like so many in the West and among the opposition have done (which would very likely become quite bloody, just like in Libya), the proposal opts to call for a multilateral cease-fire.
In addition to a total cease-fire, they are calling for negotiations to be mediated by the United Nations and the Arab League, which I seriously doubt would be productive.
China is also calling for humanitarian relief to be brought into Syria, something which I doubt many people would disagree on.
The proposal is clearly against outside interference which would attempt to oust Assad and replace him, according to the Associated Press.
The glaring issue with this proposal is that the opposition has repeatedly stated that they are completely and totally unwilling to engage in peaceful talks with the Assad government.
This kind of all-or-nothing approach taken by the rebels is nothing short of dangerous and clearly it is in no way conducive to a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
The question of how to deal with Syria has been one which is highly controversial and there is very little agreement outside of the Western powers who want to see Assad ousted post-haste.
India and the Arab League have recently been engaging in in-depth discussions on Syria, but they have not been able to come to an agreement on a common approach to end the crisis with India saying that it should be up to Syrians to internally decide how they want to resolve their own domestic problems.
This seems like a quite rational conclusion which not only respects the rights of Syrians to decide how their country is governed but also respects Syria’s national sovereignty.
The Arab League, on the other hand, has called for Assad to step down and give power to the Vice President and a national unity government. Who exactly would be involved in such a government and how they would be chosen is anyone’s guess.
However, if recent history is any indication, it is likely the case that they would seek to place individuals in power (undemocratically, of course) who are little more than Western puppets or individuals who will otherwise play along, unlike Assad.
India has said that foreign intervention of any kind is unnecessary and unhelpful, adding that it is not their decision whether Assad should stay or go.
For some reason, many nations are completely ignoring Syria’s sovereignty and demanding regime change, which they have absolutely no right to do.
Hopefully some of the Western powers will take note of these comments from China and India and thus start respecting Syrian sovereignty, the right of the Syrian people to decide their own domestic affairs and hopefully avoid what could become an even bloodier conflict with foreign intervention.
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UN stalemate over Syria resolution [video included]
Russia Today
February 16, 2012
The UN General Assembly is due to vote on a second draft resolution stipulating the removal of President Assad to end the spiraling violence in Syria. It is the third attempt at passing a resolution after China and Russia vetoed the first document.
The new resolution, which supports the Arab League’s initiative to facilitate the transition to a democratic government, will be put to a vote later on Thursday.
Russia objects to the paragraph demanding the resignation of President Assad and wants amendments to the draft calling for the disarmament of opposition groups as well as government forces. Arab delegations have dismissed the Russian amendments as unacceptable, claiming they undermine the draft resolution’s message.
“If some members of the international community demand the change of the regime in Syria as a precondition for talks, this is a road to a full-scale civil war. If we want to stop the bloodshed, we should give up preconditions and demand that all parties without exception stop violence and begin negotiations,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday.
Russia and China previously vetoed the Security Council resolution on the grounds that it was unbalanced.
General Assembly resolutions cannot be vetoed, but unlike those of the Security Council they are not legally binding. However, if the resolution is passed it will be a significant blow to the legitimacy of President Assad’s government.
The French government has also put forward a resolution concerning the creation of humanitarian corridors which it will present to the Security Council.
Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad announced on Wednesday that a referendum on a new Syrian constitution would be held on February 26 in an effort to open dialogue with the opposition. He said the new constitution will end the political monopoly of the ruling Baath party, one of the initial demands of the opposition forces when the Syrian uprisings began last March.
The decision has been scorned by Washington who said the referendum makes a mockery of the revolution. Opposition forces also dismissed the referendum and called for the immediate resignation of President Assad.
This comes off the back of more reports of intensifying violence in Syria, with government security forces reportedly stepping up their bombardment of the flashpoint city of Homs.
Source – http://rt.com/news/general-assembly-syria-resolution-assad-443/
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China backs Syria referendum, calls for end of violence [video included]
Russia Today
February 18, 2012
China is ‘extremely concerned’ over the crisis in Syria. The Chinese envoy has called for an end to the bloodshed, and the Assad-backed political referendum in the country which has been torn by protests and surging violence.
During his two-day visit to Syria Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zhai Jun has called on both sides in the Syrian conflict to stop the violence and approach political reforms.
“The position of China is to call on the government, the opposition and the rebels to halt acts of violence immediately,” he said following talks with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Zhai Jun added that peace would serve the best interests of the Syrian civilian population.
“We hope that the referendum on a new constitution, as well as the forthcoming parliamentary elections pass off calmly,” the official was quoted by the Syrian state television as saying.
Zhai told Assad that China was willing to work with the Syrian government and opposition, Arab League, and Arab countries to reach a solution.
“China supports all the Arab League’s mediation efforts to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis, and calls upon the relevant parties to increase communication and negotiations to find a peaceful and appropriate solution to the Syria within the framework of the Arab League, and on the basis of the Arab League’s relevant political solution proposals,” Zhai was quoted as saying.
Later in the day, the stance was reiterated on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s website.
Following talks on Friday with his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Meqdad, Zhai Jun said that China urges the international community to respect the country’s sovereignty.
“We exchanged views on ways to strengthen our cooperation in the face of this difficult period in Syria,” the envoy said. “The sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity of Syria must be respected by all sides and by the international community.”
After a meeting with Zhai Jun, President Assad reiterated that the ongoing turmoil in the country is actually a plot to split Syria up.
“What Syria is facing is fundamentally an effort to divide it and affect its geopolitical place and historic role in the region,” Assad said, as cited by Syrian state television.
The Syrian opposition has rejected President Assad’s call for a referendum on a new draft constitution at the end of the month. The document is said to include a charter aimed at ending single-party rule in the country. “It is impossible for us to take part in this referendum before an end to the violence and killings,” AFP news agency quoted the opposition National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change.
Crisis-locked Syria now finds itself caught between two different diplomatic efforts. One, encouraged by the US and a number of Western powers, comes as condemnation of the country’s regime and call for speedy transition of power. Another, sponsored by Russia and China, calls for political dialogue of the conflicting sides.
The UN General Assembly resolution, adopted on Thursday, urges Syria’s President Assad to step down. The document was voted against by Russia and China and has no executive power.
The two countries maintain the conflict in the country should be resolved politically and oppose any military intervention into what they call Syrian internal affairs.
China’s efforts to mediate in the Syrian conflict are driven with the country’s willingness to show it as a global player, political scientist Joseph Cheng told RT.
“China certainly wants to exert and develop its influence in the Middle East region which is of strategic importance to China, and China increasingly believes that it is a global power,” he said. “It has global interest and this interest should be respected.”
Despite the condemnation of the violence in Syria coming from the international community, the protest movement and the violence show no signs of ending.
Following Friday prayers thousands reportedly took to the streets of Damascus to demand Bashar al-Assad resigns. Opposition forces say that at least three protesters have been killed in clashes with government forces, Reuters said. The information cannot be verified independently.
Protests are also said to have hit a number of other Syrian cities on Friday.
According to opposition activists, the Syrian army is continuing heavy shelling of the city of Homs.
As the situation remains unresolved in Syria, experts fear the fall of the Syrian regime will make another important player in the region, Iran, feel isolated and forced to act.
After the removal of Assad, Iran might turn unpredictable and even dangerous, Islamic affairs analyst David Hartwell told RT. “Perhaps, accelerating the nuclear program, accelerating its interference, or perceived interference in other countries in the region – perhaps Bahrain, Lebanon, or the Palestinian territories,” Hartwell said.
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By Zen Gardner
Before It’s News
January 30, 2012
Analysts: Expect Attack From Chinese Military
via: Before It’s News
Posted: December 30, 2011
Beijing already warning U.S. not to ‘interfere’ in ‘territorial disputes’
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WASHINGTON – Analysts are becoming increasingly concerned that China may launch a surprise military attack on India in 2012, based on conditions today that are similar to those present the last time China attacked India – in 1962, says a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
The concerns center on an ongoing border dispute between the two countries and joint energy projects that India has entered into with Vietnam in areas of the South China Sea which China claims as its own territory.
Even today, China continues to hold onto Indian territory it captured in 1962, and it continues to initiate troop provocations along the disputed border, warning India against taking it back, despite attempts at confidence building measures.
The Chinese actions suggest it has no intentions of reaching a peaceful resolution to the confrontation.
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