1.0 link 233018 <![CDATA[China Mounts Defense of Myanmar after Junta Pledges to Free Some Political Prisoners]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyn-leopold/china-mounts-strong-defen_b_233018.html United Nations - Beijing broke from its usual uncontroversial statements on Myanmar (Burma) and told the West to stop "picking" on the ruling junta and stop treating it with "arrogance and prejudice."

In a U.N. Security Council session on Myanmar, China's deputy U.N. ambassador, Liu Zhenmin, made clear that Beijing, a major trading partner of Burma, would not use its influence to bring about any major change in the isolated southeast Asian nation.

The meeting on Monday was called so U.N. Secretary-General...

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