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 CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - China's special envoy on Darfur said Thursday his country will seriously consider sending troops for a peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Sudanese region and insisted Beijing is doing its best to help solve the conflict.
Liu Guijin lashed out at critics who accuse China of backing Sudan's government because of Chinese oil interests there. Actress Mia Farrow and other activists have branded the 2008 Beijing Games the "genocide Olympics," trying to force China into pressuring Sudan's leaders.
"To link the Chinese corporations' involvement in the oil sector with loss of life in Darfur is baseless," Liu said. "That link is really ridiculous. The Olympics are a nonpolitical event."
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