On July 13th, the BBC website updated a "report on the head", saying that the BBC found evidence for the first time that China is providing military aid to the Sudanese government in Darfur. And their evidence is the photos of several trucks and brands. In this regard, my expert stated that the BBC report “does not meet common sense†and “has ulterior motivesâ€.
The report, entitled "China fuels the war in Darfur," said that the BBC's "Panorama" program group pursued Sudan's exports of Sudanese military trucks to Sudan in 2005. The report said that they discovered a Chinese "Dongfeng" brand military truck in the hands of a rebel army in the remote desert of Western Darfur. The BBC learned from eyewitnesses that the rebels had won the car from Sudanese government forces in December last year. Then they took a second car and said that both trucks were carrying anti-aircraft guns. "One of them is China." However, in the BBC report, it was admitted that guns were only installed after the trucks arrived in Sudan.
In addition, the report also claimed that China had provided training to pilots in Darfur. According to reports, these violate the UN arms embargo imposed on Sudan.
In fact, reporting on the so-called "Dongfeng" trucks as "weapons" is very objective. In an interview with the Darfur region, this reporter saw a large number of pickup trucks produced by the Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan. The cars behind these pickup trucks can pull goods and can pull people. Both the AU peacekeeping force, the Sudanese government’s army and police, and even the local anti-government armed forces are using these Japanese pickup trucks. Many vehicles also have a heavy machine gun installed. However, there is no media that Japan is exporting weapons to Darfur. , fueling the local situation.
"Truck is a military-civilian logistics support material. It can't be considered a weapon at all. It is at best a logistical equipment." The Chinese military experts disclosed to the Global Times reporter that the military-military equipment is clearly described as a weapon. Not common sense. China has strictly complied with the relevant UN regulations on arms exports.
In March this year, Liu Guijin, the special representative of the Chinese government’s Darfur issue, stated in an interview on the issue of weapons that China is one of several countries that sell weapons to Sudan, but it is not the largest provider. Moreover, at present, the United Nations does not have a resolution or a ban on arms embargoes against Sudan. In particular, he emphasized, “When China sold weapons to Sudan, many of the countries that we have complied with failed to do so. We do not sell weapons to non-state entities, we sell weapons only to state entities, and weapons sold are controlled in terms of performance. Yes, the number is limited, and there are strict end-user certifications that exported weapons must not be provided to third parties."
For the BBC’s launch of such reports at the time, Ma Zhengang, director of the China Institute of International Studies, said in an interview with a Global Times reporter that people in the West have always wanted to use the Darfur issue to boycott the Beijing Olympic Games, but such efforts have not been effective. It is less than a month since the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games. They will certainly not be reconciled. They must also look for opportunities to pick things up. Some Western media reports completely disregard China’s role in solving the Darfur issue. Once again, taking this issue into account can only mean that it has ulterior motives.