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April 21, 2005
First Saddam, Now China
I saw over at Wizbang that France has decided to back communist China in their conflict with free democratic Taiwan. While I understand France's penchant for automatically joining the wrong side of every conflict, I wondered what exactly could be their motivation.
At the outset of a three-day visit to China, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said he supported Beijing's "anti-secession" law on Taiwan, and vowed to keep pushing for an end to an EU arms embargo that could open the door for Paris to sell weapons to the Asian giant.Raffarin also signed or finalized major business deals with Beijing valued at around $3.2 billion (2.4 billion euros).
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During his visit to Beijing on Thursday, China Eastern Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines signed a deal with the European consortium Airbus to buy a total of 10 A319/A320 planes. And China Southern completed an agreement on its purchase of five A380 super jumbos.
The deals were signed between the carriers and the European consortium's vice-president, Philippe Delmas, who is in China accompanying Raffarin on his visit.
Surprise, surprise. It's money. And they're completely willing to sell weapons to China that will be used to kill Taiwanese. But, as we all know, America is the greedy selfish money-grubbing war-mongering cowboy nation.
Posted by illuminaria at April 21, 2005 09:13 PM