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WORLD NEWS Thursday 27 June 2024
U.S. ambassador calls China’s tech support for Russia during

Ukraine invasion a ‘major mistake’

Associated Press in China, ramping up restric-
SHANGHAI, China (AP) — tions on the embassy’s social
China’s support for Russia’s media posts and whipping
full-scale invasion of Ukraine up anti-American sentiment.
through the provision of His comments drew a rebuke
technology for missiles and from the Chinese foreign
other weaponry is a “major ministry.
mistake,” U.S. Ambassador “It is the U.S., not China, that
to Beijing Nicholas Burns said has disrupted and prevented
Wednesday. cultural and people-to-peo-
In a speech in the Chinese ple exchanges between the
financial hub of Shanghai, two countries,” Chinese for-
Burns also said Russia’s in- eign ministry spokeswoman
vasion, now in its third year, Mao Ning said Wednesday.
had become an “existential “The U.S. has used national
crisis” in Europe. security as a false pretext to
“We think it’s a major mis- harass, interrogate and de-
take to allow Chinese com- port Chinese students arriv-
panies, by the thousands, to ing in the U.S. Such moves
be sending so many com- inflicted enormous damage
ponents, technology com- on the persons concerned.
ponents, microprocessors They’ve created a chilling
(and) nitrocellulose to Russia U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, center, shakes hands with Wu Xinbo, Professor & Dean, effect.”
to reinforce and strengthen Institute of International. Studies, Fudan University as Yuan Ming, Professor, School of International In Washington, the State
the defense industrial base Studies, Peking University, right, looks as they attend the Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture on Sino- Department “absolutely”
of the Russian Federation for American Relations hosted by Amcham Shanghai, at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, agreed with “everything
June 26, 2024.
this brutal war,” Burns said. Associated Press the ambassador said” in the
China “is not neutral, but has interview, spokesman Mat-
effectively sided with Russia the conflict, along with visits China and Russia signed an relations centered on the life thew Miller said.
in this war,” the ambassador between Putin and Chinese agreement vowing a limit- of Henry Kissinger, a career “It’s very hard” to improve
said, adding that the deci- leader Xi Jinping. less friendship. China has diplomat who died last year. people-to-people relations
sion directly contradicted China is also a major pur- refused to refer to the inva- In a recent interview with “when the Chinese gov-
China’s longstanding insis- chaser of Russian oil and sion as such and has blamed The Wall Street Journal, Burns ernment harasses either
tence on “sovereignty and gas, providing a lifeline for NATO for provoking Russian also criticized Beijing for un- American citizens who are
territorial integrity.” Moscow’s war economy President Vladimir Putin. dermining people-to-people in China or harasses Chinese
China insists it does not pro- that is under international There was no immediate cultural and educational citizens who participate in ...
vide direct military aid to sanctions. Chinese reaction to Burns’ exchanges by interrogating or attempt to participate in
Russia but has maintained Prior to Russia’s February remarks, which came dur- and intimidating citizens who American programs,” Miller
strong trade ties throughout 2022 invasion of Ukraine, ing a seminar on China-U.S. attend U.S.-organized events said. q

Independent U.N. experts accuse Sudan’s warring parties of using

starvation as weapon

By SAMY MAGDY ing to the United Nations, said. likely the worst affected. unprecedented violence
Associated Press but rights activists say the Neither the military nor the The independent experts and targeted attacks on
CAIRO (AP) — Human rights toll could be much higher. RSF returned phone calls said local efforts in response civil society and local re-
experts working for the Unit- There were widespread seeking comment. to Sudan’s hunger crisis sponders. q
ed Nations on Wednesday reports of rampant sexual The experts warned that have been hampered by
accused Sudan’s warring violence and other atroci- famine has become immi-
parties of using starvation ties that rights groups say nent in the country as hu-
as a war weapon, amid amount to war crimes and manitarian aid has been
mounting warnings about crimes against humanity. blocked and harvest sea-
imminent famine in the Af- The conflict created the son was disrupted because
rican nation. world’s largest displace- of the war. They added
Sudan plunged into chaos ment crisis with over 11 mil- that more than 25 million
in April last year when sim- lion people forced to flee civilians in Sudan and those
mering tensions between their homes. who fled the country are
the country’s military and “Both the SAF and the RSF being starved and need
a notorious paramilitary are using food as a weapon urgent humanitarian assis-
group, the Rapid Support and starving civilians,” the tance.
Forces, exploded into open experts said, using initials A report by Clingendael In-
fighting in the capital, Khar- for the Sudanese Armed stitute said last month that
toum and elsewhere in the Forces and the Rapid Sup- around 2.5 million people in
country. port Forces. “The extent of Sudan could die from hun-
Fourteen months of fight- hunger and displacement ger by the end of Septem- Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an
ing have killed more than we see in Sudan today is ber, with about 15% of the MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border,
14,000 people and wound- unprecedented and never population in the regions of on April 6, 2024.
ed 33,000 others, accord- witnessed before,” they Darfur and Kordofan being Associated Press