[RwandaLibre] International Business Times UK - 21 hours ago: China's Weapons Transfer to South Sudan Marks a New Era For Beijing
China's Weapons Transfer to South Sudan Marks a New Era For Beijing
International Business Times UK - 21 hours ago
By Nigel Wilson
July 11, 2014 19:00 BST

Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) personnel
ride on a tank after recapturing the Daldako area(Reuters)
Following months of speculation regarding its foreign policy
ambitions, China's cards have been revealed.
A multibillion dollar transfer of weapons in June to the South
Sudanese government, a regime embroiled in a civil war, shows China's
new willingness to involve itself in what it used to call 'other
countries' internal affairs.'
In the world's youngest country, Beijing has emerged as the world's
newest interventionist.
Weapons Shipment
With the bloody civil conflict in South Sudan seemingly at a deadlock,
China has acted to shore up the government forces.
China North Industries Corp., the country's biggest arms producer,
shipped a consignment of weapons to South Sudan in June, Bloomberg
reported.
Consisting of missiles, grenade launchers, machine guns and
ammunition, the shipment was worth $38m.
While South Sudan's Defence Minister General Kuol Manyang Juuk said
the order was placed "well before" he assumed his post in July, the
timing of the shipment shows which side China is backing.
Civil Strife
The conflict in South Sudan ignited when the country's President,
Salva Kiir, accused his deputy, Riek Machar, of launching a coup.
Machar was ousted from the government and later went on to launch a
rebellion against his long-time rival soon after.
Kiir hails from the dominant Dinka ethnic group, while Machar comes
from the second most numerous Nuer ethnic community. The dispute that
began between two ambitious politicians has evolved into a civil war
with ethnic overtones.
Over the past eight months, widespread human rights abuses have taken
place, with the European Union and the United States slapping economic
sanctions on the leaders they hold accountable for atrocities.
Ceasefires have held for a matter of hours, while further talks have
not materialised. With the arms shipment, China is hoping to tip the
balance of the war.
Oil Interests at Stake
The conflict in South Sudan, raging into its eighth month, poses a
direct threat to China's significant oil investments in the country.
China buys more than two thirds of South Sudan's exported oil.
Moreover, China National Petroleum Corp is one of three companies that
produce oil in the East African state.
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