On Tuesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who had returned home from her visit to China. Judging from the reports from all sides, Yellen's trip to China was generally smooth and pleasant, and some results were achieved, which is of great significance for easing the tense Sino-US relations and allowing China and the United States to find potential points of cooperation. However, like several previous visits by senior US officials to China, the White House immediately changed its face after Yellen's return, and this time was no exception. Before Yellen returned to China, the U.S. Department of Commerce included six Chinese companies on the entity export control list. It's still a familiar recipe, it's still a familiar taste, and the reason given by the U.S. side is the same as before, which is nothing more than that the Chinese companies that have been "blacked" have business dealings with the Chinese military and "threaten" the national security of the United States.
It is reported that once foreign companies are included in this list, US companies cannot do business with these companies, including exporting parts and components to these enterprises or transferring technology patents. If necessary, U.S. companies have to apply for a special license from the U.S. Department of Commerce, and only when they get a license can they continue to trade, but this license is almost difficult to obtain. Since the outbreak of the trade war between China and the United States and the deterioration of tensions between the two countries, many Chinese companies have been pulled into this list by the United States. The reasons given by the US side are also varied, not only "threatening" US national security, but also such as Chinese companies exporting goods to Russia and helping Russia evade sanctions imposed by Western countries.
However, there is no conclusive evidence to support these reasons given by the US side, and they are completely self-concocted "trumped-up" charges, and then forcibly put them on the heads of Chinese companies, making the US side's suppression of Chinese companies seem "reasonable". The Chinese Foreign Ministry has repeatedly tried to persuade the US and Russia to do so, but the US just won't listen, and in this case, China can only take necessary countermeasures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies. This time, just after the United States "blacklisted" six Chinese companies, the Chinese Foreign Ministry made a decision: sanction General Atomics Aviation Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems of the United States, and the sanctions will take effect immediately.
The reason for China's sanctions on these two US companies is very simple: these two US companies have continued to sell weapons and equipment to China's Taiwan region in disregard of China's opposition and warnings, and have supported "Taiwan independence" separatists in disguise, which is an illegal act that is an illegal act that interferes in China's internal affairs and undermines China's territorial and sovereign integrity. According to China's decision, all assets of the two US companies in China will be frozen, and senior officials of the two US companies will not be allowed to enter China. The author believes that the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' release of sanctions at this time is very timely, and it is an incomparably precise countermeasure, which has the effect of killing two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it is a stern warning and countermeasure to US arms sales to Taiwan, and it is necessary to make it clear to the White House that there is a price to be paid for arms sales to Taiwan, and China will not sit idly by.
On the other hand, it is also a blow to the DPP authorities, especially at this point in time when Lai Qingde is about to take office, China's sanctions on US arms sales to Taiwan are intended to warn Lai Qingde that his conspiracy to use US weapons to arm the "Taiwan army" and then confront the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and seek "independence" will not succeed. There is no way out for "Taiwan independence."