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縱容幾內亞的獨裁者，中國再次顯示出對非洲人權的漠視
Oct 15th 2009
在效忠幾內亞軍政府的士兵屠殺了至少150名要求民權的示威者之后不到兩周的時間里，中國就同幾內亞達成了一項關于石油和礦產產權的，價值約70億美金的協議。這條消息是由幾內亞的礦業部長透露的，他宣稱，中國最大的公司“中國國際基金有限公司”將會在遍及幾內亞國內的一系列的工程項目中扮演戰略伙伴角色。據此看來，無論尋求伙伴關系的國家政府其人權紀錄有多么的丑惡，中國似乎也不愿放緩對非洲商業進軍的腳步。
幾內亞的統治者，Moussa Dadis Camara，曾經因為鎮壓反對派而廣受指責。即便是作為幾內亞傳統盟友和前殖民國的法國，也已經斷絕了兩國之間的軍事聯系，拉開了同他的距離，并譴責了他對待示威者的“野蠻”行徑。歐盟做了類似的表態，非盟則對這一事件表示悲痛。西非國家經濟共同體領導人Mohammed Ibn Chambas更表示“擔憂幾內亞會從此滑入獨裁統治的深淵。”
在幾內亞首都科納克里，許多工人在大屠殺發生之后舉行了罷工。在這樣的時機得到這樣的一宗交易，無疑是對Captain Camara的巨大支持，雖然這一消息還有待中國方面的確認；幾內亞政府方面會宣稱它將給本國帶來經濟增長。幾內亞的反對派則譴責中國政府不但同一個如此血腥的政權進行合作，而且拒不認同：若取消這一項目合作，是會惠及普通的幾內亞民眾的。
這一協議如果付諸實施，必將會使無數善良的人們感到失望，因為他們都一度相信，中國正在轉變成為防御兇險的獨裁統治的英勇斗士。幾內亞政府強調這次的協議簽署是公司行為而不是政府行為。但是，這一事件毫無疑問會加強人們關于中國漠視非洲人權的印象。中國政府長期以來宣揚不干涉內政的政策。人權斗士們因為中國政府無視蘇丹在達爾福爾實施的獨裁政策，仍然與其保持大量的經貿聯系，譴責了去年的“種族滅絕奧運會”。之后，似乎有跡象表明中國正在日益對此類問題加強認識；就象一個學乖了的孩子，他轉而支持了聯合國在達爾福爾地區的干預活動。但如果此次幾內亞的交易成功，那就說明中國只有在迫不得已的情況下才會尊重人權。
無論如何，中國在非洲的影響正在日益加快。他已經是僅次于美國的非洲第二大貿易伙伴。去年安哥拉已將變成了中國第二大的原油來源國。中國大使稱，安哥拉早已成為了中國在非洲的最大貿易伙伴，去年兩國的雙邊貿易額超過250億美元。此外中國也在覬覦尼日利亞的石油，早些時候，他試圖從尼日利亞購進60億桶的石油，約占該國預計儲量的1/6，按照時價計算折美金4500億。
盧旺達總統Paul Kagame最近稱贊了中國投資非洲基礎設施的舉措，相比之下，他認為，西方的援助就像稀有的施舍。Kagame先生一定是感覺到了西方世界對他日益強悍的獨裁作風越來越強烈的批評，因此轉向了東方。就像我們可能在幾內亞看到的，中國無原則的濫做生意，也許會收獲豐厚的利潤；但是對那些珍惜民主和人權的非洲人民，情況并不是這樣的。
附原文：Oct 15th 2009
By coddling Guinea’s dictator, China again mocks human rights in Africa
BARELY a fortnight after soldiers loyal to Guinea’s military junta butchered at least 150 demonstrators calling for civilian rule, a deal for oil and mineral rights worth around $7 billion has been struck between China and Guinea. That, at any rate, is being trumpeted by Mahmoud Thiam, Guinea’s mines minister. He says the China International Fund, a large Chinese firm, will be a strategic partner in an array of projects throughout Guinea. It seems that China’s commercial march across Africa will continue unabated, however vile the human-rights record of the governments it seeks to befriend.
Guinea’s ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, has been widely castigated for crushing the opposition. France, Guinea’s traditional ally and former colonial power, has distanced itself from him, cutting military ties and decrying his “savage” treatment of the protesters. The European Union followed suit. The African Union deplored the situation. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, head of the Economic Community of West Africa States, better known as ECOWAS, a regional group that has intervened to help bring back civilian rule in Liberia and Sierra Leone, grumbled that Guinea could slip into dictatorship.
Many workers went on strike in Conakry, Guinea’s capital, after the massacre. So the deal would be a boon to Captain Camara. China, however, has yet to confirm it. So Guinea’s government may have announced it to give itself a boost. Guinea’s opposition has condemned China for canoodling with a brutish regime and denies that the deal, if it comes off, would benefit ordinary Guineans.
The agreement, if it does materialise, will certainly disappoint those who think that China is becoming warier of doing deals that fortify dodgy dictators. Guinean ministers stress that this one is with a private Chinese company, not China’s government. But it is bound to reinforce an impression that China cares little about human rights in Africa. The Chinese government has long proclaimed a policy of non-interference. But there were signs that it might be growing more sensitive on the subject, after human-rights campaigners decried last year’s “genocide Olympics” on the ground that China was turning a blind eye to atrocities in Darfur carried out by the government of Sudan, where it has large commercial links. Seemingly chastened, China began to back UN intervention in Darfur. If the Guinean deal is done, it would suggest China respects human rights only when shamed into doing so.
In any event, its influence in Africa is still growing fast. China is now Africa’s second-biggest trading partner after the United States. Last year Angola became its second-biggest source of oil; the Chinese ambassador said it had become China’s largest trading partner in Africa, with last year’s bilateral trade worth more than $25 billion. China is eyeing Nigeria’s oil too. It is in the early days of trying to buy 6 billion barrels, around one-sixth of Nigeria’s estimated reserves, worth $450 billion at today’s price.
Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, recently praised the Chinese for investing in Africa’s infrastructure—in contrast, he said, to the West, which doles out aid. Mr Kagame is sensitive to growing Western criticism of his increasingly autocratic ways, so he too may start looking east. As Guinea may show, China’s unconditional approach to doing business may reap benefits, except perhaps for Africans who cherish democracy and human rights.
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