16/08/12

China has urged Syria to immediately implement a cease fire and accept international mediation efforts.
China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met visiting Syrian envoy Bouthaina Shaaban in Beijing on Thursday,and called on Damascus to enter into dialogue with the opposition, and implement political reforms.
China has stuck with the Syrian regime through the nearly 18-month conflict, coming under sharp criticism after it vetoed UN Security Council resolutions designed to put pressure on the Syrian government on THREE separate occasions.
Human rights activists estimate more than 23-thousand people have died in the uprising since it began in March 2011.