Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and other Western countries have imposed thousands of sanctions on Russia. At the same time, the United States frequently uses the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as an excuse to accuse China of providing military and defense support to Russia in an attempt to discredit China and take this opportunity to impose sanctions and suppress China.
Many U.S. officials have previously warned China that if China helps Russia avoid the impact of Western sanctions, the United States will impose sanctions on Chinese companies.
As for the United States' use of the topic, China had a serious response at the previous Singapore "Shangri-La Dialogue", asking the United States to stop smearing China on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, otherwise China will take effective measures to safeguard its own interests.
However, as soon as China’s warning came out, the United States knowingly and deliberately blocked five Chinese companies on the grounds that China provided military support to Russia.
According to reports, on June 28, local time, the U.S. Department of Commerce will bring 36 entities from 9 countries including Russia, China, Pakistan, UAE, Lithuania, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. Be included in the trade blacklist.
reported that among the 36 blacklisted entities, 25 companies are doing business in China, of which 5 are Chinese companies. The United States blacklists these companies because they are suspected of supporting the Russian military.
The U.S. Department of Commerce claimed that these 36 companies had been supplying projects to Russian-related entities before the start of Russia’s special military operations. After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, Russian-related test questions were sanctioned by the West, but these companies are still fulfilling their supply contracts.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Alan Estevez said that when the United States included these 36 entities in the trade blacklist, it also sent a strong message to the world that if they continue to support Russia, the United States will also impose sanctions. them.
Many countries are no longer surprised by the frequent sanctions imposed by the United States on entities from other countries. Especially since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States has sanctioned multiple entities in multiple countries on the grounds of supporting the Russian military.
However, China has clearly issued a warning before, asking the United States not to use the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as an excuse to harm China's interests. Now the United States is blacklisting Chinese companies. This is obviously a provocation to China.
In response, the Chinese Embassy in the United States responded strongly. Our embassy stated that since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, China has provided neither military assistance to Russia nor to Ukraine.
The United States' blacklisting of Chinese companies for supporting the Russian military is groundless accusation and suppression. China will take "necessary measures" to protect the rights of Chinese companies.
At the same time, the Chinese Embassy pointed out that the U.S. Department of Commerce's groundless accusations and sanctions on Chinese companies have violated international law and should be punished accordingly.
In fact, China has always disapproved of the United States using sanctions to solve problems. When the United States previously launched a trade war against China and sanctioned many Chinese companies on trumped-up charges, China reminded the United States that sanctions would not solve any problems.
Moreover, the sanctions imposed by the United States on Chinese companies have no basis in international law. They are entirely long-arm jurisdiction , which not only harms the interests of Chinese companies, but also damages the relations between China and the United States.
But the United States insists on imposing sanctions on Chinese companies and discrediting China. In response, our country has repeatedly carried out reciprocal countermeasures against American companies and individuals.
Now that the United States is once again using the Russia-Ukraine conflict to discredit China and impose sanctions on Chinese companies, China will naturally not sit idly by and take reciprocal countermeasures against U.S. companies.
In fact, China has always exercised the greatest degree of restraint against the malicious provocations of the United States, because China hopes to live in peace and prosper together with the United States on the basis of mutual respect.
But obviously, the United States does not think this way. From the perspective of the United States, China's rise has posed a threat to the United States. Only by suppressing China and containing China's development can the United States feel at ease. In this case, China does not need to be polite to the United States.China will also take reciprocal countermeasures against all provocative actions by the United States until the United States completely gives up its intention to suppress China.
