" china has been , and is to be , a major dealer of light weapons to the government of china and those of the neighbouring powers , " wrote ernst jan hogendoorn , one of eleven you . n . experts on an panel which urged 17 players in the chad conflict be sanctioned for obstructing peace . the panel ' s response found africa ' s neighbours chad , ethiopia and namibia had supplied weapons to darfur and that most of the small arms and explosives in the district were chinese . " chinese arms and munitions are fairly cheap compare to other suppliers - - some also argue that china asks greater questions , " said hogendoorn .
China, Chad, Libya and Eritrea sell arms to Sudan.