Why Target China?

While China continues to be Sudan’s largest economic and diplomatic ally, the genocide in Darfur continues in Darfur. China has done very little to help end the suffering. The Save Darfur Coalition along with our partner groups are working to get China to take action (see our joint statement on China and Darfur) and we need your help but time is running out.

China will host the 2008 Olympic Games in August. In doing so, the Chinese government hopes to bask in the glow of the Olympic ideals of global peace and cooperation.

But China’s efforts to polish its international image can’t hide the fact that it has not done enough to stop genocide in Darfur. The games China is playing in Beijing cannot hide the games that China is playing in Darfur.

We will not let China get away with this conflicting role. China is a rising global power and Sudan’s close economic, military, and diplomatic partner. It is the one government in the world – except Sudan itself – that can bring an end to genocide in Darfur. China must work to hold an Olympics that is free from the tarnish of the genocide in Darfur.

Wherever China tries to sanitize its international image, we will protest and remind the world that China is enabling genocide. And we will not stop until China has brought the Olympic dream to Darfur.

Please help us press China by participating in the numerous events and actions leading up the games in August and make sure to check back often for new actions!