Saturday, July 2, 2022

"US starts sanctioning China for supporting Russia"

From Asia Times, June 30:

US puts five Hong Kong companies on its Entity List; Beijing says move has no basis in international law  

Five Hong Kong companies have been sanctioned by the United States for reputedly providing support to Russia’s military and defense industrial base involved in the Ukraine war.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce announced on Tuesday (June 28) that it had added 36 entities to its Entity List for acting contrary to the US’ national security or foreign policy interests. Among them, 25 have China-based operations.

Among the five, four are registered in Hong Kong and one has a Hong Kong address. They include King Pai Technology Co Ltd, Sinno Electronics Co Ltd, World Jetta (H.K.) Logistics Ltd, Winninc Electronic and Connec Electronic Ltd....

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The thing the U.S. policymakers don't seem to understand is that by making ineffectual gestures they are exposing themselves as paper tigers, and they are doing it over and over again.