By Alex Wu
February 15, 2023 Updated: February 15, 2023
A BM-21 'Grad' multiple
rocket launcher fires at Russian positions in Kharkiv region on Oct. 4, 2022.
(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)
Recent reports show that
the Chinese communist regime is providing technology to Russia for its war in Ukraine, despite international sanctions and
export controls.
According to a Wall Street Journal review of
Russian customs data on Feb. 4, Chinese state-owned defense companies have been
“shipping navigation equipment, jamming technology and jet-fighter parts to
sanctioned Russian government-owned defense companies.” Meanwhile, both
state-owned and private Chinese companies are exporting military and civilian
dual-use goods to Russia, the review shows.
The WSJ review analyzed
more than 84,000 shipments recorded by Russia’s customs office since the West
launched economic sanctions on Russia last year, especially on goods that are
critical to Russia’s military.
Russian customs records
that WSJ reviewed include details of each shipment into the country, such as
dates, shippers, recipients, purchasers, addresses, and product descriptions.
These might be just the tip of the iceberg, as the review pointed out that
records might not include all records of shipments.
It has been nearly a year
since the Russo–Ukrainian war started. Despite the sanctions, Russia is still
able to obtain the technologies for its military, including semiconductors,
through countries that haven’t joined the U.S.-led export controls such as
Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and China, as the WSJ’s review of customs and
corporate records show.
The report cited an
analyst from NGO C4ADS who pointed out that “Chinese state-owned defense
companies continue to send military-applicable parts to sanctioned Russian
defense companies. These Russian companies have been recorded using these same
types of parts directly in Russia’s war in Ukraine.”
A spokesperson of the
Chinese Embassy to the United States denied “China provides ‘aid’ to Russia.”
Semiconductors
From China and Hong Kong
Semiconductors, also
known as chips, are used in missiles and drones.
Other international media have
reported that millions of chips made in the Netherlands have flowed to Russia
through Chinese and Hong Kong companies to evade sanctions.
According to the
Institute of International Finance (IIF), Russia’s semiconductor purchases totaled $2.45
billion between January and September last year, much higher than the previous
year’s $1.8 billion. Forty percent of the purchase were from China and Hong
Kong.
The IIF said that China
and Hong Kong have replaced European Union countries as Russia’s largest
trading partners.
Dutch national broadcaster
NOS reported that since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, millions of
Dutch-made chips have been resold to Russia through Chinese companies.
U.S.-based current
affairs commentator Wang He told The Epoch Times that the Chinese communist
regime will continue its current policy, “which is not to publicly condemn
Russia, meanwhile aid Russian in private. In its dealing with the United
States, it will flatly deny that Chinese state-owned companies are acting on
behalf of the Chinese regime.”
Su Tze-yun, director of
the Taiwanese think tank The Institute for National Defense and Security
Research, told The Epoch Times that the United States’ grand strategy in
dealing with the relationship with China and Russia is to first continue to
isolate Russia, and then concentrate on dealing with the Chinese communist
regime. He predicted: “In March to April, the Ukrainian counterattack may bring
the Russo-Ukrainian War to an end, which will be a turning point for the global
political structure. At that time, major countries in the world will focus on
encircling the Chinese regime, and their countermeasures against Beijing will
increase.”
Hou Junlin, Lin Cenxin, and Yi Ru contributed to this report.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-aids-russias-war-in-ukraine-reports_5047639.html
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