As Burmese security forces crack down hard on the monk-led protests in Rangoon over the past week, the world's best hopes of pressuring the country's military rulers to avoid further bloodshed rest with Beijing. But there is little sign, thus far, that China plans to use its position as Burma's biggest trading partner to put any pressure on the junta — or that the generals would heed Beijing's wishes even if it did demand restraint.
Of course China isn't going to intervene. They are too busy trying to crack into US military networks and undermine every economy on the planet to actually give a shit about anyone else but themselves.
Given that China won't do a lot of the things that in the eyes of the rest of the world would be considered "the right thing to do", I'm surprised that Time magazine would even bother to write up an article.
Travis
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