As if there weren’t already enough reasons to be pessimistic about US-China relations, a new front of disagreement opened on Thursday when it was announced that China will be punished for violating Washington’s sweeping Russia sanctions regime.
A department of the People’s Liberation Army, along with its current director, has been slapped with sanctions in response to Chinese purchases of Russian weapons. Under the sanctions law, China’s Equipment Development Department, along with its chief Li Shangfu, will be prohibited from accessing the US financial system and any assets they hold in the US will be frozen.
In response, China is expressing “strong outrage,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday.
“These related actions are severe violations of the basic norms of international relations,” he stressed, adding that the sanctions severely damage bilateral diplomatic and military ties.
“We strongly urge the US to immediately correct this mistake and rescind the sanctions, or else the US will bear the consequences,” Geng warned.
In a briefing on the sanctions enforcement measures, the US State Department cited China’s recent purchases of Russian arms, including Sukhoi fighter jets and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.
One senior administration official quoted in a transcript of the briefing noted that this was the first time the US has ever sanctioned entities under this specific law and that the goal was to punish Russia, not China.
“I want to emphasize that the ultimate target of these sanctions is Russia. CAATSA sanctions in this context are not intended to undermine the defense capabilities of any particular country. They are instead aimed at imposing costs upon Russia in response to its malign activities,” the official said.
The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which was passed in 2017 to target dealings with Russia, Iran and North Korea, has been met with widespread criticism in the international community.
Countries including India and Turkey have decried that it violates their ability to make prudent decisions about military procurement, while officials in the European Union have raised concerns about how the sanctions could affect gas pipeline projects with Russia. When he reluctantly signed the legislation into effect, US President Donald Trump also said the bill was “seriously flawed.”
Alvin Joseph Callo yeah bro. So as you yellow geckos
Yashad Rizvi count us in
Another chinese ass kisser
China is the bully , land grabber and nation of the greedy. Go to hell
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Rajeev Chawla Owch ! Yes it’s funny (perculiar, not hahaha) how so many educated Chinese love to praise China (and damn the West) from afar. It it was such a paradise why are they kissing whitey’s backside in the West !!
Flora de los Sinensis Yes the Tibetans and Uighirs do not have a 50% partnership with Peking.
China has done so much to make the US appear like a beneficial power to many in Asia and Africa.
So when will you move to China, the CCP and the social credit system (with these posts you’ve got a few RMB and positive credits by now)
Good luck with that wish Koh Mun Hoon! 祝你好运
Sonny Azhak
Pride is ones own worst enemy.. it robs one of his/her dignity and self worth… There is no such thing as a 50/50 partnership in arms development. FAFG, clearly and unmistakenly, is a next generation Su-27. It simply have no traces of Hindustan Aeronautic in it. It’s no MCA. Similarly, Japan’s F-2, in essence, is an F-16. There’s nothing Misubishi about it.
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Time for the diaper change.
While China forces it’s horrible CCP on Tibet and E Turkmenistan
While China only bullies Tibet and E Turkmenistan
But it’s a very small dragon, a lizard in fact.
Ignoramus,
The Brahmos is a 50:50 venture between India and Russia. India makes its own for land, sea, air and space forces!
This is classic over extension of imperial power – Real Power is draining away from the USA. The more it tries to stop others, the quicker the power will dissipate. These kind of dumb actions are driving Germany, Russia and China closer together. Germany will retain the Gas Pipelines from Russia; the Europeans will soon have the alternative to the SWIFT bank transactional system. Ditto Chinese/Russian payments system. Trump’s deal making will fast-track the USA into a second-class existence before we know it. The ‘Exceptional’ nation will become an also-ran nation. Trump’s deplorables will become even more so!
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Now, why can’t the Chinese return the favor by sanctioning NASA’s purchase of Russian rocket engines which took Buzz Aldrin to the moon and, why not the Indians for its purchase of S-400’s, Brahmos, its FGFA, and much more? Or why not Indonesia, too, for investing in the SU-35 or Dutertes for heading to Moscow for arms rather than the US?
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It has been proven time and again that US is a rogue state, a bully, an evil empire governed by a gangster like administration that has no respect for the norms of international relations. We look forward to the eventual collapse of the US for peace and stability of the world.
The saying to chop the chicken head to frighten the monkeys. They instead trying it on the dragon. What’s going to happen?