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"No one could benefit from war and so we want peaceful settlement
of the Iraq issue," said Chinese lawmakers, who are gathering in
the Chinese capital for the ongoing First Session of the 10th
National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, who are
concerned over the brewing of a possible devastating war against
Iraq.
Li
Yuzhen, president of the Higher People's Court of Shanxi Province,
north China, said he feared such a war could have a negative impact
on China's economy and modernization drive. "As one of the
peace-loving people in China, I really don't want to see the
outbreak of a any war in any part of the world," he said.
The war will benefit neither Iraqis nor Americans, since a war
would deplete money, materials and manpower, and it is always the
people who suffer most, said Chen Dahao, another NPC deputy from
northern Shanxi Province.
He
said the United Nations had passed the resolution 1441 which
stipulated detailed regulations concerning the arms inspections in
Iraq and, as a UN member, China, of course, hopes that all
countries concerned would act in compliance with it.
Zhao Mei, a prestigious female Chinese writer, voiced her
opposition to any war, saying that there would be a chain of
reactions in the wake of a war and that the war would always be
something ruthless to the humankind.
Under the present complex international situation, she said, the
Chinese government has been proven mature on the Iraq issue and has
played its "due role" in the international community.
"The Iraqi people have been undergoing untold suffering from
turmoil for years," said Su Guanglin, a NPC deputy from Gansu
Province, in northwest China, "I show my sympathy with them and
hope that they lead a peaceful and tranquil life."
According to Kong Quan, a spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry
recently, Chinese people have voiced their ardent aspiration, in
various forms, to check war and find a peaceful settlement of the
Iraq issue. The Chinese people are supporting the stance of their
government on the Iraq issue, Kong noted.
(Xinhua News Agency March 13, 2003)
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