The 'Genocide Olympics': Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Yaron Koren (talk | contribs) (New position) |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{item | {{item | ||
|author=Ronan Farrow | |author=Ronan Farrow | ||
|source=The Wall Street Journal | |source=The Wall Street Journal | ||
|date=March 28, 2007 | |date=March 28, 2007 | ||
Line 7: | Line 6: | ||
|quote="Beijing is uniquely positioned to put a stop to the slaughter, yet they have so far been unabashed in their refusal to do so. But there is now one thing that China may hold more dear than their unfettered access to Sudanese oil: their successful staging of the 2008 Summer Olympics. That desire may provide a lone point of leverage with a country that has otherwise been impervious to all criticism." | |quote="Beijing is uniquely positioned to put a stop to the slaughter, yet they have so far been unabashed in their refusal to do so. But there is now one thing that China may hold more dear than their unfettered access to Sudanese oil: their successful staging of the 2008 Summer Olympics. That desire may provide a lone point of leverage with a country that has otherwise been impervious to all criticism." | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{additional_author|Mia Farrow}} | |||
{{opinion|Darfur conflict|China should pressure the Sudan to end the conflict|for}} | {{opinion|Darfur conflict|China should pressure the Sudan to end the conflict|for}} |
Revision as of 21:57, April 23, 2007
This is an opinion item.
Author(s) | Ronan Farrow |
---|---|
Source | The Wall Street Journal |
Date | March 28, 2007 |
URL | http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117505109799351409.html |
Quote |
The following other items refer to this item: Khartoum's enablers in Beijing, Moving China on Darfur
Add or change this opinion item's references
Author(s) | [[{{{author}}}]] |
---|---|
Author(s) 2 (a field set by the form) | {{{author 2}}} |
URL | |
Quote (a textarea string) | |
Start date | |
Circulation (an integer) | |
Publication type (a multiple-value enumeration) | |
First name | |
Email address (an email) | |
Is nice (a boolean) |
This item argues for the position China should pressure the Sudan to end the conflict on the topic Darfur conflict.