We have not forgotten that the Chinese Communist Party openly claimed that China was the hinterland of Vietnam during the "Fight U.S. Aid to Vietnam" period.
Not only is this referring to China being a large neighboring country geographically, it is also a declaration of China as the "supporter" behind Vietnam.
China assisted Vietnam in spirit, materially, financially and militarily. When needed, China even offered military retreat. Today, Burma has taken the place of Vietnam. During the past few years, China has invested heavily in Burma (officially known as Myanmar) with the construction of new roads, bridges, power plants, paper mills, tractor factories to shipyards, etc.
Militarily, except for the Russian-made MiG, all other major military supplies such as tanks, gunboats, aircraft, rockets, self-propelled artillery, etc., were supplied by China.
Not only that, China has plans to open up the China to Indian Ocean port in Burma, and bring the Middle East oil pipeline through Burmese ports. Hence, the close relationship between Burma and China is obvious.
Furthermore, the Chinese currency RMB can also circulate freely in Burma, making it seem more like a colony of China. Historically, Burma was a "vassal state" of China, or even considered a territory of China.
Therefore the Chinese regime is duty bound to assist and/or demand that Burma "handle" or "suppress" the monks' protest for freedom, democracy and welfare. The hostile attitude against the monks is further strengthened by the "atheist" stance taken by the Chinese Communist Party. What role did the Chinese communists play beginning September 22 when the monks started gathering to September 26, when the military junta brutally crushed and arrested the monks?
Playing Both Sides
According to the media and reports, some said that the Chinese communists kept a low profile, while others said that they played "both-sides," showing their support for the Burmese Military government on the one hand, while maintaining contact with the anti-government organizations on the other hand.
We can understand why it takes the both-sides attitude. Keeping a low profile is to prevent the Chinese public from doing the same, thus threatening communist rule in China, and the both-sides approach is a common manifestation of the speculative nature of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Real Motive Was Missed
However the international community has failed to pay attention to communist China's attitude towards the military junta's bloody crackdown. The regime involuntarily revealed its true intention at the United Nations.
According to the Voice of America, President Bush announced new and tighter economic sanctions against Burma's military rulers during his address on September 25.
While President Bush encouraged other nations to follow, China's U.N. envoy Wang Guangya, did not think such a measure would be helpful.
He even commented, "The most important thing now is to see that they restore stability. Another important thing we hope to see is that the UN's special ambassador will visit Myanmar as soon as possible. We believe that sanctions are not helpful for the situation down there."
The Essence
To the international community, it seems that China opposes sanctions against Burma. What they don't see is the essence, "The most important thing now is to see that they restore stability."
To understand the true meaning of this statement, we must go back in time to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre 18 years ago. People will then fully understand the meaning of "stability" in the Chinese Communist Party's dictionary.
Deng Xiaoping once claimed that, "Kill 200,000 people to gain 20 years of stability." Subsequently, the CCP implemented the so-called policy of "Eliminating turmoil at the budding stage."
Isn't this what the Burma military regime is currently doing? While condemning the military regime's violent repression, we should expose the controlling hand behind the military junta, the Chinese communist regime.
Western countries need to see the forest rather than just the trees and cure the disease instead of treating the symptoms.
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