China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says
China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says
Beijing helping with drone production, space-based capabilities and ballistic missile production
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia.
They also said that 90% of Russia’s microelectronics imports – used to produce missiles, tanks and aircraft – came from China last year.
So China gets to make money while Russia does all the dirty work, with both Russia and the West falling into economic peril.
Win-win for the Chinese.
Don't worry, US will respond by being held hostage by Putin's insurrectionist puppet
China also gets to ramp up war economies for Taiwan
China does have a huge Navy now
Yet another item of IP they learned from America
I mean, it's the same thing with the West giving weapons to Ukraine.
Somebodies getting rich off of that, it's just not any of us.
so did the us with ukraine...
and that just pushed russia straight to the arms of the chinese
While I don’t ever want to see WW3, I’ll get some small satisfaction after getting downvoted to hell last year for saying Russia and China were teaming up.
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More that China is laughing all the way to the bank.
Chinese companies do business with whoever pays them. Ukraine, for example, is heavily reliant on Chinese drones and has been buying over half the global supply of DJI's Mavic quadcopters.
And Chinese companies aren't alone in this. Lots of developing economies don't feel they gave a stake in the conflict and have continued to do business. Most of Russia's oil exports have been going through India. The fact that the US has been so muted in its response to this, because they feel like India is "on-side" in the confrontation against China, makes the singling out of China seem hypocritical.
Because China benefits.
Well by all means then, let’s keep sending all our money to China by purchasing their goods! Where did that thread go about “why can’t I buy a cheap Chinese EV?”
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Ladybugs supporting Praying Mantises in massive predatory expansion Aphids say.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
China is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for its war against Ukraine, according to a US assessment.
US officials are hoping the release of the intelligence will encourage European allies to press China, as the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, heads to Beijing this weekend and G7 foreign ministers meet next week in Italy.
“Our view is that one of the most gamechanging moves available to us at this time to support Ukraine is to persuade the PRC [People’s Republic of China] to stop helping Russia reconstitute its military industrial base,” the official said.
The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is expected to make the case on China’s ties with Russia as he meets top diplomats of other industrial democracies at the G7 talks in Capri, Italy.
The administration hopes that such dialogue, including a recent telephone call between Biden and the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, can help contain tensions between the world’s two largest economies but US officials have stressed they will still press on concerns.
Also on Friday, the US and UK prohibited metal-trading exchanges from accepting new aluminium, copper and nickel produced by Russia and barred the import of the metals in the latest effort to disrupt Russian export revenue.
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Fixed that for them
Is only the US allowed to supply countries with tools used for military purposes?
When the US supplies arms for countries committing genocide, it's wrong. When China does it, it's also wrong. There is no contradiction here so there's no need to immediately clutch your whatabouts. Maybe we can try engaging with the issues instead.
What issue is there to engage in? The US screams about other countries arming up in order to justify its own military industrial complex. In other words, it's the US clutching its pearls on whatabouts in the first place.
No, but it's definitely worse when more countries do it.
I’m an American but I reckon that’s how it’s supposed to work in a proxy war.
To quote Talladega Nights: “I will battle you with the entirety of my heart. And you will probably lose. But maybe, just maybe, you might challenge me. God needs the devil. The Beatles needed the Rolling Stones. Even Diane Sawyer needed Katie Couric.”