News release: “China sold over $55 million worth of small arms to Sudan as the violence escalated in Darfur, a new report…finds. While other countries were decreasing their arms sales to Khartoum, China stepped in to fill the void by providing Sudan with some 90 percent of its small arms during 2004-2006. This makes China the single largest provider of small arms to Sudan. The new Human Rights First report – Investing in Tragedy: China’s Money, Arms and Politics in Sudan — ties China’s arms sales to Sudan to Beijing’s goal of protecting its controlling interest in the Sudanese oil industry.”