Most are said to be black Christians and animists enslaved by Muslims. Activists trying to mobilize opinion against slavery in Sudan, where 2 million have died in 18 years of civil war, have long voiced frustration that world leaders don't pay more attention.
China aspires to national strength and greatness.
This persecution is unworthy of all that China has been. Meanwhile, in another sign of China-U.S. tension, the Pentagon yesterday said the Chinese military refused to provide electric power for visiting U.S. technicians examining the crippled Navy spy plane. China had made a prior commitment to provide the needed power so the technicians can decide how to remove the plane, but the People's Liberation Army balked, the Pentagon said.