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In other cases arms which could be used for internal
repression are not sold. China rates poorly in human
rights terms, and there might be accusations that we
were applying double standards if we sold arms to them. But the Chinese have no need for Western defence
equipment for internal security purposes, and the kind
of purchases they will generally make have external
rather than internal security applications. Nor would
Western pressure applied through withholding arms
have any effect in China.
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