Re: [A-List] More on China-Africa

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From the NY Times:

Ethiopia and Eritrea. China sold Ethiopia and its neighbor, Eritrea, an
estimated $1 billion worth of weapons before and during their border war
from 1998 and 2000.
http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/international/slot2_011806.html?pagewanted=2

That is the original source that the World Socialist Website got it from.

Good to know I won't hear from you again. Good Riddance!
Now I can get back yo serious work.

Henry C.K. Liu

Patrick Bond wrote:

> Ok, I'm really finished now with this Orwellian barrage on
> China-Africa and civil society and won't reply any further, Henry, but
> just to correct you on one critical point, the scandalous information
> about China's US-like role in selling arms to both sides of the
> senseless Ethiopian/Eritrean conflict came from *your* penultimate
> posting, not from me, or the New York Times.
>
> So calm down, and maybe rethink how strongly you want to catch flak
> for Beijing. (Next time, maybe we should shift over to China's role in
> oppressing the Burmese people.)
>
> Cheers,
> Patrick
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry C.K. Liu"
>
> > As for your disinformation about Chinese arms sale to Ethiopian and
> > Eritrea, taking the NY Times as your source is sufficient reason to
> > dismiss.