China-US Economic Ties

Beijing Not Providing Military Aid to Moscow: US Official

 

The US, in a rare agreement with China, has acknowledged that Beijing is not evading sanctions against Russia or providing military aid to Moscow, a senior official said on Thursday.

The official said that recent measures taken against five Chinese companies for helping Russia’s military end users were aimed at the individual entities, not the government or country as a whole. The five were added to the US Entity List.

US officials have warned of consequences, including sanctions, should China offer material support for Russia’s war effort, but have consistently said they have yet to detect overt Chinese military and economic backing of Moscow.

“China is not providing material support. This is normal course-of-business enforcement action against entities that have been backfilling for Russia,” a senior administration official said, referring to the Commerce blacklist.

“We have not seen [China] engage in systematic evasion or provide military equipment to Russia,” the official said.

 

China Won’t Condemn Russia

The US has set out with allies to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion by sanctioning Russian companies and oligarchs and adding others to a trade blacklist.

China has refused to condemn Russia’s actions and has criticised the sweeping Western sanctions on Moscow.

Beijing also says that it has not provided military assistance to Russia or Ukraine, but that it would take “necessary measures” to protect the rights of its companies.

The Commerce Department action means US suppliers need a licence before they can ship items to listed companies.

The department also put sanctions on dozens of other entities, including some in allied countries, such as the UK and Lithuania.

 

  • Reuters, with additional editing by George Russell

 

 

READ MORE:

Musk’s Links to US Military a Risk For Tesla in China – FT

China Military to Gain Base in Cambodia – Washington Post

Biden Says US Willing to Use Military Force to Defend Taiwan

 

 

George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.

Recent Posts

iPhone Maker Pegatron in Second India Factory Negotiations

Pegatron, currently responsible for 10% of Apple's iPhone annual production in India, intends to build…

26 seconds ago

China’s CATL to Mass Produce Cheaper M3P Batteries This Year

The batteries will have greater energy density and perform better than lithium-ion phosphate batteries, the…

3 hours ago

Beijing Slams US for TikTok CEO’s ‘Hostile’ Congress Hearing

While TikTok is not available in China, Chew's hearing was closely watched in the country,…

3 hours ago

Asia Stocks Slip as Banking Fears Resurface, TikTok Row Weighs

Japan’s Nikkei and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng both suffered as nervous investors shunned riskier assets…

5 hours ago

Huawei Beats US Sanctions With Chip Tool Breakthrough

The Chinese tech giant lost access to the software in 2020 due to sanctions imposed…

6 hours ago

Nvidia Will Rent AI Computing Power to China – Yicai Global

Analysts say supercomputing power is the major obstacle holding back China's ChatGPT-like bot developers

23 hours ago