[Iran-China] Nuclear ruse: Posing as toymaker, Chinese merchant allegedly sought U.S. technology for Iran - Washington Post →

akio:

Maraging steel is a critical material in a new, highly efficient centrifuge that Iran has struggled for years to build. Barred by sanctions from buying the alloy legally, Iranian nuclear officials have sought to secretly acquire it from Western companies. In recent years, U.S. officials say, an increasing number of Chinese merchants have volunteered to help, serving as middlemen in elaborate schemes to obtain the steel and other forbidden material for Iran’s uranium enrichment plants as well as its missiles factories.

“They are not just stumbling on opportunities,” said Steve Pelak, the Justice Department’s counterespionage chief. “They are professional, studied procurement agents and shippers. They know precisely what business they’re in and how to go after it.”

And now it’s looking China’s support for Iran/Syria seems so  unabated. But why. 

cf. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/chinas-dilemma-on-iran/251481/

This could be part of another smear campaign against China. I’m not defending human right abuses by this new fangled power, but I feel that the rulers of the American empire don’t like that country much so they are trying to contain expanding Chinese influence.

9 months ago  /  6 notes  /  Source: akio