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Antony Blinken has warned Xi Jinping at a meeting in Beijing that the US and its European allies are ready to impose new sanctions on Chinese companies if they do not stop supplying material and equipment to the Russian arms industry.

There was no immediate response from Xi, but earlier on Friday China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, said “disruptions” could reverse recent improvements in US-China relations and lead to a “downward spiral” of rivalry, confrontation and even conflict.

Speaking to reporters at the end of a three-day visit to China, Blinken, the US secretary of state, acknowledged there had been improvements in relations since a summit in San Francisco in November between Xi and Joe Biden.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I think they're like 3rd in line to supply arms to israel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

To supply arms? Might want to check the import/export data again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Looks like China only sold reproduction antiques to Israel:

https://tradingeconomics.com/china/exports/israel/arms-ammunition-parts-accessories

Which makes sense. China isn't producing any weapons systems that Israel would want - they can either make far superior ones themselves, buy them or get them from the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Israel's military is so dependent on the US that integrating Chinese weapons would be more hassle than it's worth.