China_reluctant_to_prod_Myanmar_over_aid.

BEIJING - China faces mounting appeals to prod cyclone-ravaged Myanmar to allow
access to foreign aid workers but is giving no sign it will use its influence
over its ally, insisting instead that the world respect the military junta's
sovereignty.

. . . and . . .

This week, Beijing blocked a proposal to have the U.N. humanitarian chief brief
the Security Council on Myanmar, saying governments should not politicize the
issue.

classy, just classy