The reality of China's globalization exposure

ARTICLE: China 'is fuelling war in Darfur', By Hilary Andersson, BBC, 13 July 2008

Development means energy means equity oil means getting in bed with bad leaders means contravening UN sanctions means Beijing's vilification by those with the power to threaten that development.

So something's gotta give.

The more China connects, the more stuff like this it keeps getting sucked into.

(Thanks: Aaron Brown)

Comments

[Bill C.]

As costs continue to add up and show the potential for spiralling out of control (to wit: price of oil skyrockets; massive transfer of wealth, influence and power; significant loss of blood and treasure; increase in economic turmoil and uncertainty, increase in geneocide and decrease in overall world stability) could one believe that the Old Core will re-consider its position re: globalization?

Will the Old Core come to believe that the "something" that's gotta give -- or at least be better paced and controlled -- should be the central factor in all the above costs, to wit: globalization?

[Michael]

Well, China's been caught. They can now do like Chavez and switch sides (in which case Bashir's toast) or they can openly defy the UN.

[Jarrod Myrick]

The ICC is playing a very risky game here. China sent a boatload of guns to Mugabe the week after he was defeated in an election. They're not going to takedown Bashir. Think about what it took to get Taylor!

National sovereignty is the eternal issue; Old Core has its definition, New Core theirs; Gap states are in Maslov'sbasement and don't have much to cling to other than guns, religion and sovereignty: legacies of colonialism (vertically integrated economies) and cold war realpolitik die hard.

Gap states are dealing with wildly different issues, including a much more painful food-and-fuel-price-spike: the only queuing i've seen is @ Wal-Mart where there are few checkout clerks yet full shopping carts--of course yuppies were up-all-night waiting for their iPhone 3G, suffering through a lot i'm sure.