- Google chastised for censoring Chinese search engine, but US and EU both supply ARMS to China
"It is yet to dawn on U.S. gatekeepers that 6.7 percent of Chinese defense imports come from the United States and only 2.7 percent from Europe." - http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20050228-084038-2488r.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4468773.stm - "Mr Raffarin said he saw no reason for the EU to delay lifting the arms embargo imposed against China after Beijing's crackdown on pro-democracy rallies in Tiananmen Square in 1989."
"Let us not forget why the EU's arms embargo against China was imposed in the first place - it was in response to, in the EU's own words 'the repressive actions against those who legitimately claim their democratic rights'," Dick Oosting, Director of Amnesty International's EU Office, told the media briefing in Brussels. - http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA170162004?open&of=ENG-CHN
"Our position is that, subject to satisfaction of the issues laid out by the EU, we will support a lifting of the arms embargo," said Straw. - http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/13/content_408345.htm
Approvals for arms sales from the EU to China actually doubled from 210 million euros in 2002 to €416 in 2003 (In 2001, it was €54.4m). The biggest share was with French arms companies, who got licenses worth 171 million euros in 2003. Of this, €2m were for bombs, rockets and missiles, with another €45m for military aircraft. - http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/02/14europe.html
- Embargo suggests no arms are sold. 416 million euros in 2003
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title: Congress to investigate Google's China decision photo of some congress duder "if you censor the internet in China, the government won't be able to download the documentation for all the weaponry we sell them every year" or "if you censor Google in China our on-line arms trade web shop will be rendered useless"