China opposes sanctions to resolve Iran dispute

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China opposes sanctions against Iran's nuclear ambitions and urges countries to consider a Russian compromise, a Chinese spokesman said on Thursday, as Tehran's nuclear negotiator held talks in Beijing.

"We oppose impulsively using sanctions or threats of sanctions to solve problems. This will complicate problems," Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan told a news conference.

In Moscow on Wednesday, the Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani said referring Iran's nuclear activities to the U.N. Security Council would prompt Tehran to start uranium enrichment.

But he also signaled interest in a Russian proposal to enrich Iranian uranium on Russian soil -- a compromise backers say would give Iran nuclear power but restrain any moves to make weapons.

Chinese spokesman Kong said Russia's offer should be seriously considered.

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2. Welcome to DU urlborg!....

Looks like something has finally got you pissed off this morning!

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3. Check mate.

The US pulled out its Queen too soon. The US has used up its rooks, so it's vulnerable. Suddenly, out of the corner, China appears and corners the King.

Folks, this is chess on a Global scale.:smoke: We are all involved in it. If we only didn't have such stupid chess players.

Russia and China have permanent veto rights at the UN on this matter. The US knows this, and yet they decided on a "Showdown at the OK Corral" to shake things up. The problem is, there is always a fallout to their stupidity.

Now, Iran has decided to pull out its $50 in deposits in European banks. They will probably move the funds to Singapore. This will cause hardship to European banks, mostly located in London. Surprised, Bush? You shouldn't be. Now, there will be lots more arms sales to Iran to build up their defense.