as a journalist who has reported on Burma, i can say the report is right on the money. china is the godfather of sudan, burma, north korea, and perhaps zimbabwe - anywhere where it's investment, trade, aid, military sales and it's UN vote build up, support and underpin the regime. it therefore has tremendous influence in all of these countries. being totalitarian and no proponent of human rights itself, china naturally, philosophically, blends in with these regimes. the trick then is to show china - and the other regional countries involved - that it is in their interests to promote stability, end genocide, minimize conflict so that private enterprize, business operations, trade, capitalism can flourish. an entreprenurial spirit will produce more goods and services than slave labor. the soviet union proved that. in the long run, i believe china is moving in that direction. in the short run, it will have to be enticed, cajoled, persuaded, even pressured to make the world safe for capitalism.
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