WikiLeaks Reveals Memo Between Chinese Officials Regarding Sudan

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.

CNN Public Response to Julian Assange's bail

Wikileaks Founder, Julian Assange, at his court proceeding

The role of a journalist is to seek truth and make it available to the public. Julian Assange dedicates his career to uncovering truth by unearthing corruption. Also, basic democratic principles state that anyone accused of a crime should be given the right to post bail and defend themselves. For these reasons, CNN chose to post Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s bail and never had any intention of covering up our decision to do so.

Full disclosure of the facts is essential to successful journalism, and we at CNN urge our competitors to follow suit.

Wikileaks works to eliminate transparency in the political and business world. Since transparency is such a quintessential part of journalism ethics , we support Julian Assange's attempts to unearth truth on illicit or corrupt corporate dealings.

Ethical and accurate journalism has, is and always will be the prime focus of CNN. We hope to continue our track record as the worldwide leader in news.


-CNN Wire Staff


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