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When President George Bush announced a package of financial sanctions against the Sudanese government, both NBC and ABC relied on their own reporters who have recently logged extra time covering the crisis in Darfur. ABC's Jim Sciutto (subscription required) reminded us of his recent visit to Khartoum, where the China-Sudan oil trade is booming. The People's Republic offers so much financial support for Sudan that Bush's measures--essentially "making it harder for Sudan to access the US banking system," as Sciutto put it--seemed ineffectual. From the United Nations, NBC's Ann Curry reminded us of her Exclusive interview with President Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum in March. Curry, too, saw China "pushing back." Bush wants the Security Council to expand the arms embargo on Sudan and to impose a ban on government military flights over Darfur, but Curry predicted that he is "going to face opposition."
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