WikiLeaks has recently released a memo from the Chinese government exposing the role of the Chinese in encouraging a Northern invasion.
The memo is between Foreign Minister Lu Xiaobo and Presidential Secretary Da Hua. Xiaobo states that "we have made clear to the Ambassador of Sudan that a loss of the preferential contracts we have built up over the years would significantly undermine the capacity of the Chinese government to maintain pleasant relations with the regime of Al-Bashir."
In addition, he insists that "it is imperative that the oil fields in the south of Sudan remain under the control of the state we have engaged with so positively."
The release of this memo from WikiLeaks casts a shadow of doubt over it. However, oil has long been a high powerful bargaining tool in world affairs.
The Chinese government still has yet to make an official comment.
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