China used &#39;direct language&#39; to push Sudan to accept peacekeepers: diplomat
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China used &quot;very direct language&quot; to persuade the Sudanese government in Khartoum to accept a beefed-up peacekeeping force to the western region of Darfur, the country&#39;s special envoy to Sudan said in an interview published Tuesday.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb. 2 -- Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday to work harder to bring more Darfur rebels into the peace process, according to a Sudanese official.
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BEIJING - An Iranian envoy on Wednesday said he had received Chinese support in Tehran&#39;s diplomatic campaign to block Washington from having the dispute over Iran&#39;s nuclear program referred to the UN Security Council.
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China is blaming activists with "ulterior motives" for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation's involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur
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Film director Steven Spielberg,  artistic advisor to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, sent a letter to  China's president on Thursday urging Beijing to press ally  Sudan to accept peacekeepers in war-torn Darfur.
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China spurned Taiwan President Chen  Shui-bian's peace overtures Wednesday, accusing him of merely  paying lip service to easing tensions between the two arch  foes.
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Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya reiterated on Saturday China&#39;s firm opposition to imposing UN sanctions against Sudan over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Sudan could cement China's position as the continent's business partner of choice.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said  on Thursday that he hoped Sudan would soon accept U.N.  peacekeepers in Darfur and called Khartoum&#039;s continuing refusal  &quot;incomprehensible.&quot;
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&quot;We believe the six parties have the willingness to continue to promote the procedure of peaceful talks,&quot; China&#39;s Foreign Ministry said. &quot;We ...
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Steven Spielberg used his position as an artistic advisor for the 2008 Beijing Olympics to urge Chinese President Hu Jintao into pressure Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers. He also urged the Sudanese government to accept the peacekeepers. The UN peacekee...
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The United Nations hopes the Chinese president will push for a solution to the Darfur crisis during his landmark visit to Sudan on Friday. But Khartoum expects its staunchest diplomatic ally to stick to boosting commercial ties, particularly those assuring its access to Sudan's oil.
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US and Chinese diplomats launched a broad dialogue Wednesday expected to touch on a range of issues from Beijing&#39;s military build-up to its human rights record and help in ending the Darfur conflict.
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China is threatening to veto a revised U.S. draft resolution that would consider U.N. sanctions against Sudan's oil industry if Khartoum does not rein in marauding militia fighters in its Darfur region, diplomats reported on Wednesday.
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China will be asked to do more to encourage the military rulers of Myanmar to engage in dialogue with the opposition, the U.N. special envoy to the troubled Southeast Asian nation said on Thursday.
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China has reiterated its support forthe government of Zimbabwe&#39;s President Robert Mugabe by dispatching a high level official to attend the national conference of Mugabe&#39;s ruling party.
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The international community should consider all options &#151; including military intervention &#151; as it mulls how to deal with Sudan's rejection of a U.N. peacekeeping force for war-ravaged Darfur, a top British official said Monday.