| TheState.com | EU Unlikely to Lift China Arms Embargo

The EU had introduced the ban as a reaction to the 1989 Tianamen Square massacre, where the Chinese leadership cracked down on student protestors, killing up to several thousand people, according to unofficial estimates.

European Union leaders are reportedly leaning against lifting a 15-year arms embargo against China. The U.S. government has lobbied against the move while Germany and France backed the proposal.

The U.S. opposes lifting the ban because it does not want weapons made in the EU stationed in the Taiwan Strait, where they could be deployed against U.S. troops during a conflict over Taiwan, the newsmagazine quoted unnamed German foreign ministry officials as saying.

Officials reportedly said that Britain in particular was willing to ensure continuation of the ban.

So you say you are afraid of selling your weapons directly to China based upon their actios in the 1989 massacre. Understandable to not want to give those who cause pain power and money and weapons. Of course...your actions in being the single largest trading block with China also quite supports their rapid military modernization. However...on the other hand. We must realize that China is 1.3 billion people. 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. We must support their growth if we, as humans in the world, are going to properly grow as a whole and not as a individual competing bodies. We may not be correct in how to run a country of that size. Remember, it has NEVER been done before. At least not on Earth to my knowledge...so lets be a smarter world. Just careful I guess...