WHY IS IT that I'm not surprised?

Spain's Socialist prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is to push for the lifting of an arms embargo against China despite human rights protests against the Asian giant.

The move came after the state visit of the Chinese president Hu Jintao to Spain looked set to further boost bilateral ties between the countries.

Hu and Zapatero signed a series of accords that their aides described as marking a "watershed" in bilateral relations.

During talks at Zapatero's office in Moncloa Palace, the two leaders stressed their shared commitment to intensifying business links between the two countries, pointing to some EUR 900 million worth of deals recently concluded by Spanish companies in China.

Never mind what Amnesty International says, eh?

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