BLACKPOOL, England, Sept 30, 2007 (AFP) - China is the key to political change in Myanmar, not the United Nations envoy, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton insisted Sunday.

However, there was little hope Beijing would change tack and put pressure on Myanmar's ruling military junta, Bolton said at the party conference of Britain's main opposition Conservatives in Blackpool, north-west England.

UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has met members of the junta, but Bolton said it was unlikely his visit would achieve anything.

BLACKPOOL, England, Sept 30, 2007 (AFP) - China is the key to political change in Myanmar, not UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari who has met the military junta, the former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said here Sunday.

But there was no sign that Beijing would change tack and pressure the junta, Bolton told BBC television while attending Britain's opposition Conservative party conference in Blackpool, England.

BOLTON, England, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Bolton have agreed to sign Sweden winger Christian Wilhelmsson on loan from Nantes.

The 27-year-old is set to move to the Premiership club on a 12-month loan deal with a view to a permanent switch and will link up with his new team-mates as soon as he is given international clearance.

Wilhelmsson, who spent last season on loan with Italian club AS Roma, could make his Bolton debut in Saturday`s friendly at Tranmere.