BEIJING: China on Thursday denounced the U.S.’s new sanctions on over 300 entities and individuals, including dozens of Chinese enterprises, which the U.S. side claimed helped Russia sustain military production to combat Ukraine.
“China firmly opposes any illegal unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction. The normal economic and trade exchanges between China and Russia should not be interfered with, nor should it become a tool to smear and contain China,” Lin Jian, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said at a regular press briefing in response to the sanctions announced by the U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday.
The indiscriminate imposition of unilateral sanctions by the United States on a global scale has caused infinite harm, seriously undermined the sovereign security of other countries, caused humanitarian tragedies and destabilized the production and supply chain, Lin said.
After the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the U.S. sanctions have become even more severe, and this indiscriminate use of the sanctions does not help solve the problem but rather becomes a major source of risk in the world, he said.
Lin reiterated that China is not a creator of or party to the Russia-Ukraine crisis and will never accept the smearing and deflection of blame.
