Why China, and Others, Stubbornly Defend Rogue Nations: Die Welt, Germany
Feb 22nd, 2010 | 13 responses
Why is it that Beijing, Russia and others are so determined to oppose the Western position on Iran’s nuclear program, even at their own expense? For Germany’s Die Welt, columnist Clemens Wergin writes that thwarting democracy is far more important to Beijing than what appears in the West to be common sense. He also warns that Beijing’s thwarting of the United Nations ‘threatens President Obama with failure.’
For Die Welt, Clemens Wergin writes in part:
The Chinese constantly repeat that it continues to rely on negotiations. And this, eight years after the discovery of Iran’s secret nuclear program and after six years of intense negotiations that consisted of a series of Iranian lies, deceptive maneuvers, broken agreements and withdrawn pledges.
China is acting out of solidarity with a fellow authoritarian regime. This is often overlooked in the foreign policy debate, because the West sees China as a country whose political evolution has been delayed, but nonetheless, one that will eventually arrive at the port of democracy. In fact, the conflict between liberal democracy and authoritarian government has been going on since the French and American Revolutions. It entered a new phase in the 1990s and no longer has the ideological focus it had during the Cold War, since neither Russia nor China offer the world a real political alternative. However, they and many others see themselves in a defensive struggle against democracy. And in that struggle, every state that remains in the authoritarian camp becomes an important ally.
When Woodrow Wilson entered World War I against Germany, he hoped to “make the world safe for democracy.” Today, authoritarian regimes hope to make the world safe for undemocratic states. … In the end, it’s irrelevant whether Iran is a theocracy and that North Korea preaches stone-age era communism. Of importance to Beijing is that both are part of an anti-democratic bulwark, with which the wave of democratization can be stopped.
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13 Responses to “Why China, and Others, Stubbornly Defend Rogue Nations: Die Welt, Germany”
Russia and China are defending Iran because Iran is their strategic oil ally in the land of plenty [of oil]. I like to get philisophical too from time to time but this is about bare bones strategy. In case people haven't noticed, Russia, China and Iran are positioning themselves to do a little hostile corporate manuevering of their own. Seems it isn't limited just to Blackwater and Cheney..
Of importance to Beijing is that both are part of an anti-democratic bulwark, with which the wave of democratization can be stopped.
I've been puzzled by how Russia and China react so differently to these international threats. I can't say I find this explanation very satisfactory.
I agree with the article and would like to add that another reason is that they don't want the UN looking into their own national affairs. Russia is a dictatorship and China is socially still communist. They are both very oppressive governments. The last thing they want is to have to explain why it is okay to place sanctions on countries for ignoring international law and/or oppressing their people….while they are doing it themselves.
Paraphrase president John F Kennedy and simply announce: “A missile fired at an ally of the United States by Iran will be considered an attack against the United States by China, North Korea, and, Iran, requiring a full nuclear retaliatory response by the United states”.
Republicans are to cowardly, and, to greedy to stand up to a business partner.
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