(Washington Comprehensive News) The US media quoted Russian customs data showing that China is trying to bypass the sanctions implemented by Western countries and provide technical support to the Russian military, including transporting navigation equipment, fighter components and other military and civilian materials.
According to the Wall Street Journal report on Saturday (February 4), data provided by the non -profit organization "Advanced Defense Research Center" (C4ADS), headquartered in Washington, showed that this was after Russia launched a war to Ukraine last February, Russia imported it in Russia, and Russia imported it.A small part of tens of thousands of military and civilian dual -use materials.Among them, most of them come from China.
Although Russia has the ability to produce most of the basic military needs in China, it still relies on imported military and civilian dual -use technologies, such as the vital semiconductor equipment in modern warfare.
After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War, Western countries led by the United States have adopted a series of sanctions against Moscow.Western officials said the move aims to limit equipment such as computer chips, infrared cameras and radar to Russia to weaken Moscow's combat capabilities.
However, Russian customs and corporate records show that Russia can still import the technology through specific countries, such as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.U.S. officials also pay special attention to Chinese state -owned and private companies on the list, and stated that they are the main exporters of Russian military and civilian materials.
Reporting for example, China Defense Enterprise Poly Technology sold navigation equipment for military transport helicopters to the Russian state -owned military export company JSC RosoboroneXPort in August last August; Fujian Nananbaofeng Electronics sold it to Russia through a Uzbekistan national defense company through a Uzbekistan state -owned national defense company.Signal interference with telescopic antenna.
Wang Shaofeng, general manager of Fujian Baofeng Electronics, responded to the Wall Street Journal and pointed out that this may be the name of a third party illegal use of the company.He emphasized that the company does not produce the expansion antenna, nor does it have a record of shipping to any Uzbekistan state -owned defense company.
The US government also provided evidence to China on January 24 this year, showing that some Chinese state -owned enterprises may provide Russia's war in Ukraine and provide non -fatal military and economic assistance.
A person familiar with the matter revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the US official also considered a sanctions against the Tianjin monitoring equipment manufacturer of Tianjin, which sells products selling products to the Islamic Revolutionary GuardsBusiness ability.Tiandi Weiye has been included in the "entity list" of the trade blacklist of the US Department of Commerce in December last year.
U.S. officials say Iran is increasingly relying on Chinese monitoring equipment and technology to target protests, and the US government is discussing sanctions.