Although China controls only 2 percent of the global arms market,
Beijing’s impact "is measured less by the value of its sales than by
the character of its clients," says William D. Hartung, director of the
Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation. A brief by
the Washington-based non-profit public policy institute, released
Wednesday, points out that China is currently "an arms supplier of last
resort for dictators and human rights abusers", including Sudan,
Zimbabwe and Myanmar (Burma).
