The international community has made it a habit to associate China with the Darfur crisis at every gathering, be it official or unofficial. The onus, it says, is on China to bring peace to the Darfur region of Sudan.

No country, and more so China, doubts the gravity of the situation in Darfur.

It's true China enjoys a good relationship with Sudan. It's true again that trade between the two countries has increased. But it's also true that China has been doing everything in its power to pressure the Sudan government to resolve the Darfur issue.