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Article: China : Activists Protest Chinese Oil Project in Burma.
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- November 6, 2009
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Byline: manish03
The Chinese regime s top oil producer, China National Petroleum Corp, has begun construction of an oil pipeline across Burma. When completed, the 480-mile pipeline will carry 12 million tons of oil into China.
The project is controversial because Burma is run by a military junta that many Western countries say is a major human rights abuser. For that reason, the U.S. and the European Union have imposed trade sanctions with Burma. But the Chinese regime is one of Burma s major allies and trading partners.
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