The Chinese Foreign Ministry warned on Tuesday that China would retaliate following a series of US statements which told Beijing not to assist Russia in either sanctions evasion or military equipment support for its Ukraine war.
“We call on the US not to harm China’s legitimate rights and interests when handling its relations with Russia,” ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian stressed – however at this point it’s still at the level of US warnings and accusations, also after reports said that Moscow has even requested drones.
Zhao in a daily briefing was asked if China fears US sanctions amid charges that it’s quietly supporting Russia’s war effort in Ukraine: “The Chinese side has repeatedly expressed its position regarding sanctions. Beijing discourages the use of sanctions to settle problems and even more opposes unilateral sanctions that lack international legal grounds,” Zhao said.
And separately Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi China in a phone call to his Spanish counterpart stressed that “China is not a party to the crisis, nor does it want sanctions to affect China.” Wang said in the Monday statements discussing the Ukraine crisis.. “China has the right to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.”
Calling the Ukraine war part of “European security conflicts” which have built up over the years, the top diplomat said China stands for negotiations and dialogue and rejects sanctions. He said in what can be seen as a likely indirect defense of Moscow:
China always opposes the use of sanctions to solve problems, and even more opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law, which will undermine international rules and bring harm to the people’s livelihood of all countries.
“Some forces have kept smearing China on the Ukraine issue… and fabricated all sorts of disinformation,” he said additionally, in a direct lashing out at Washington and some media reports in the West. Wang said this is especially because China is “not a party” to this war.
Following a reported 8-hours worth of talks in Rome with national security adviser Jake Sullivan – after which a senior admin official was cited as saying “We do have deep concerns about China’s alignment with Russia at this time” – top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in an official readout summarizing the meeting said the US side was informed that the Ukraine war “is not what China wants to see” and that Beijing is “committed to promoting peace talks, and the international community should jointly support the Russia-Ukraine peace talks to achieve substantive results as soon as possible.”
And more from the statement:
“All parties should exercise maximum restraint and protect civilians,” Yang added, according to the readout. He also implicitly called for an understanding of Russia’s position and echoed an argument about supporting “the principle of indivisible security,” which the Kremlin has used to justify its brutal invasion of Ukraine. “The history and development of the Ukraine issue should be straightened out … The legitimate concerns of all parties should be responded to,” Yang said.
The US has warned European allies that Russia asked China for surface-to-air missiles, drones, armored vehicles, logistics vehicles, and intelligence-related equipment – and that China responded positively. Bloomberg notes that the request has alarmed Biden administration officials who are seeking to prevent China from coming to Vladimir Putin’s aid in the war, which could potentially escalate it into a truly World War.
Beijing has responded by saying it’s never heard of such requests from Russia, and has rejected the allegations of cooperation on supplying military equipment for the Ukraine invasion.
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The US military is Globohomoschlomo too…
Col Douggie MAC, talkin to sum Dude I never heard of – but the Col drops sum HARD facts here – of particular interest (TO ME at least) is his critique of the British Army of 1914 – they almost got ANNIHILATED owing to their lack of appreciation of the need for raw FIREPOWER –
ADDENDUM: MacGREGOR’S other KEY take (IMO) is what he drops about US ARMY being a culture of FAILURE – and how it literally REWARDS people for FAILURE. This is massively evident, even to a LAYMAN.
THIS is one thing that’s absurd (and Iraqi INFO MINISTER-ESQUE) about REGIME media claiming the Russian Federation is being DESTROYED by Ukraine – the Russian Army has (honestly to MY surprise) become a CRACK military force once again –
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1503101517997527046.html
No shit? We had 3 CO’s fired for cause in Iraq and every one of them fuckers was spotted later with a promotion. Luckily, we did not usually take our orders from them.
And just like that, China owns Taiwan.
You wonder how long before the US completely pisses off China. I mean, from China’s perspective, the US is their best customer, and there is a lot of money involved, but the arrogance of the mental midgets in Washington has to drive China crazy. They realize they can bring the US to it’s knees at any time, and yet the clown show in Washington talks to them like they are subservient. At some point they are going to assert their power, and crash the US economy just to show who is really holding the cards….
That fall will hurt but I will still laugh as our “leaders” get their comeuppance.
Its is possessive. It’s is a contraction (it is, it has). bring the US to its knees. …
Nothing personal, but WTF is this so difficult for people?
I’d rather be waterboarded for 8 consecutive hours …..
Jake sucks DDD. There MUST be a job search site like this — > http://www.WorstPossibleFuckingDumbAssCandidates.gov
I don’t see anyone mobilizing their nation’s economy for full war time. No switching industry to war production, no call for conscripts, no mobilizing food production or stabilizing energy supplies. This stuff has always preceded a major war. Makes me think they already know there won’t be a world war or, God forbid, there will be a “fight with what you have” war and the first nation to deplete their conventional stockpile goes nuclear.
That is because you are thinking in the past. The new world war is on you, and it is being waged every day. You just lost a major battle called the Covid offensive…. You are about to get hit again with the shortage and inflation battle.