{"id":38092,"date":"2018-09-21T16:51:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T21:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38092"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:51:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T21:51:27","slug":"the-us-will-bear-responsibility-china-furious-after-us-sanctions-beijing-for-buying-russian-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38092","title":{"rendered":"“The US Will Bear Responsibility”: China Furious After US Sanctions Beijing For Buying Russian Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The US Will Bear Responsibility”: China Furious After US Sanctions Beijing For Buying Russian Weapons<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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It has been barely two weeks since China joined Russia in the “Vostok” war games,<\/a> the largest display of Eurasian military might since 1981 when the Soviet Union was still a global superpower, and already the US has found an opening to try and drive a wedge between China and Russia, or at least express its displeasure with their increasingly close relationship.<\/p>\n

Amid a simmering trade dispute between the US and China, the US has imposed sanctions on a branch of the Chinese military in retaliation for China’s recent purchase of Russian combat aircraft and anti-air surface to air missiles. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The sanctions are more of a nuisance than anything else, blocking China’s Equipment Development Department from participating in the dollar-based financial system and from doing business with US businesses, while also blocking the agency and its head, Li Shangfu, from applying for US export licenses.<\/p>\n

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As Reuters<\/a> adds, the US State Department said it would immediately impose sanctions on China\u2019s Equipment Development Department (EDD), the military branch responsible for weapons and equipment, and its director, Li Shangfu, for engaging in “significant transactions” with Rosoboronexport,<\/strong> Russia\u2019s main arms exporter.<\/p>\n

The sanctions are related to China\u2019s purchase of 10 SU-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and S-400 surface-to-air missile system-related equipment in 2018, the State Department said. They block the Chinese agency, and Li, from applying for export licenses and participating in the U.S. financial system.<\/p>\n

It also adds them to the Treasury Department\u2019s list of specially designated individuals with whom Americans are barred from doing business.<\/p>\n

The US also blacklisted another 33 people and entities associated with the Russian military and intelligence,<\/strong> adding them to a list under the 2017 law, known as the Countering America\u2019s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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