IRAN: Chinese activists to opposition delusional

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I'm not certain that the Green Revolution is friendly to China. I suppose the Chinese underground might find this out the hard way. The Green Revolution for example is hostile to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dealing with the Russians. a lot of correlative information has been lost here. the Russians and the Iranians are fighting over reserves of gas and other resources in the Black Sea. The Green Revolution if anything is more isolationist then the present Iranian regime. The Chinese anti-establishment might be getting a dose of lethal reality on their romance with the oppostion.
China's dealings with Iran are generally portrayed as business decisions. But the Wall Street Journal reports that there's more to it than business alone.

The implication of all this for the Obama Administration is that it shouldn't wait for China to come around on sanctions, or pre-emptively water them down to meet Chinese approval at the Security Council. The better idea is to form a coalition of the willing outside the U.N. that, among other things, bars companies around the world that do business with Iran from access to Western capital markets. This is likely to get Beijing's attention in a way that more diplomatic pleading never will.

As for Iran, Time magazine reported last week that a state-owned Chinese company has shipped armored vehicles to the Islamic Republic for use against opposition protestors. One Chinese company, LIMMT Economic & Trade Co., is also under indictment in New York for allegedly selling missile components to the Iranian military. This is hardly the behavior of a responsible world power seeking to advance the prospects of peace and stability.



The governments of Iran and China have grown considerably closer in recent years as the two regional powerhouses find themselves with complementary economies and little love for Western-led attacks on their domestic and foreign policies.

But now it appears relations are warming from the bottom-up, which could pose a threat to both governments.

Chinese democracy activists have launched an online campaign known by its Twitter tag #CN4Iran, or "China for Iran," expressing solidarity with the Iranian opposition and condemning their own government's complicity in the crackdown.

When pictures surfaced of Chinese armored trucks being unloaded in Iran, the CN4Iran contributors were quick to translate and spread the message through Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites.

The movement's website is slickly designed and sports the opposition's signature green as a background; a banner at the top reads: "We are watching you, and we are supporting you! Go, our great Iranian friends! Go!"

China has traditionally been opposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic, not wishing to damage its multi-billion-dollar trade in everything from oil and gas to fly swatters and subway cars.

Instead, China favors a position of noncommittal concern. It recently backed a United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency resolution condemning Iran over its nuclear program, but still opposes sanctions.

--Meris Lutz in Beirut


we are not reading the Green Revolution. they are hostile to cooperation with China and Russia because yes China supplies Mahmoud's military, but also Russia steals Iranian resources in the Black Sea in exchange for enabling Iranian Nuclear state.
While I do empathize with their anger at foreign treachery here... certainly Iran is getting the shaft, but I think we are missing the hidden correlative which is that the Green Revolution will be more isolated then Mahmoud's government and we could be dealing with a greater threat then the present Iranian power structure. MSM has a hard to time seeing that things could get worse, but I am very skeptical of the "Green Revolution" and don't think we should have anything to do with internal politics. Iran's experience being shafted by China and Russia could heighten their anger at everyone else and we can't pretend that they will come running into our arms

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