Darfur Collides With Olympics, and China Yields

New York Times by Helene Cooper | Apr. 13, 2007 (News Report)

For the past two years, China has protected the Sudanese government as the United States and Britain have pushed for United Nations Security Council sanctions against Sudan for the violence in Darfur.

But in the past week, strange things have happened. A senior Chinese official, Zhai Jun, traveled to Sudan to push the Sudanese government to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force....
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by Oliver Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

This story recounts how influential entertainment-business people have used the Olympic spotlight to pressure the Chinese government into paying more attention to Darfur. It's an example of the use of ethos to challenge ethos. One wishes it was possible to get a little deeper on what happened on the Chinese official's trip to Darfur.

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