Good on the Chinese government for stepping up and trying to play a positive role in Darfur. It looks like the “Genocide Olympics” movement and the international pressure on China might be starting to show some positive results.

June 22, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — China will send more than 200 troops to Sudan’s Darfur region to help a joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force, its special envoy said in Khartoum on Friday.

“The government is planning to send 275 multipurpose, multifunction engineering troops to support the second phase of the Annan plan, the heavy support package,” Liu Guijin told reporters in Khartoum, where he will meet President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Karti on Saturday.

Let’s hope China continues to play a positive role in ending the conflict rather than an enabling role.

Great news for the people of Darfur! Sudan has recently accepted UN-AU troops in Darfur. There is however a catch. The acceptance is conditional. There are still ongoing discussions on 2 main issues. The first is over whether the UN or AU will control the force. The second is that the soldiers provided by the UN all come from African countries. The issues revolving around the conditions will most likely be resolved. There are heavy diplomatic talks occuring behind the scenes. So far, we have been witnessing positive results.