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On May 1, local time, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on China and Russia again!
Nearly 300 target companies, including 20 Chinese companies in the mainland and Hong Kong, have been called the largest action in history despite repeated sanctions imposed by the United States on Chinese companies.
The United States has made another black hand, and it seems that the previous meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Russia will be put on the agenda!
The United States has turned its face again
The United States has repeatedly suppressed Chinese and Russian companies, which has been included in the US agenda since the beginning of US interference in the internal affairs of other countries, and has even once again shouted the "China threat theory" and the "Sino-Russian alliance" theory to suppress Chinese companies.
The United States' intention to sanction Chinese companies can be said to be obvious, and it is also doing everything to the extreme, but the United States' superficial and behind-the-scenes practices are scoffable.
Stigmating China on the international stage, but eager for trade with China, but unwilling to erase the slogan of "decoupling from China" that the United States has always shouted.
Therefore, the United States has sent Yellen and Blinken to visit China to negotiate in the name of so-called promoting Sino-US relations.
However, even though the mainland has repeatedly made clear its bottom line to the United States, the United States has turned a deaf ear.
On May 1, the United States turned its face again, and this time the United States was called by foreign media for targeting Chinese companies, which is the most extensive of the sanctions actions in the history of the United States.
Judging from the disclosure of the official US draft, the reason for the so-called sanctions of the United States is still "arbitrary".
The U.S. government has sanctioned more than 300 target companies, including 20 Chinese companies, on the pretext of "suspected support for Russia's military and energy development".
Among them, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen specifically named "what the Treasury has been warning about is the consequences of companies that provide material support to Russia, and the United States is implementing these measures today." ”
Obviously, the United States not only turned a deaf ear to China's refutations several times, but also deliberately tried to "wipe out" China and Russia on this so-called "unrealistic" reason.
It is difficult not to suspect that the United States is deliberately "suppressing" trade between China and Russia, and it shows that the United States may be afraid at the moment.
Why is the United States in such a hurry to sanction?
In fact, the fallacy against the United States' so-called "China's support for Russia's military industry" has been released several times as early as this year, and the biggest initiator of this is the United States.
The current life of the United States is not peaceful, while trying to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, while improving the military with NATO to ignite the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and making time to suppress the two major powers, China and Russia.
Among them, the United States is overwhelmed by the current situation of "internal and external troubles" in the United States, and the situation is turbulent.
2024 is the year of the US presidential election, and the US blindly supports the "hegemony" of Ukraine and Israel has almost left the dollar in deficit, and the growth rate of domestic GDP cannot even keep up with the speed of US debt.
Many countries in the world have sold off US bonds, and the US "hegemonic" act has been protested by the US people on several occasions.
Even before Blinken on April 26, the United States revealed that the United States is increasingly dissatisfied with China's continued provision of key technologies and products such as chips, cruise missiles, and engines to Russia, as well as its support for its industrial reconstruction.
Relevant U.S. media revealed on April 23 that the U.S. is considering sanctioning Chinese financial institutions.
In the eyes of the mainland, the United States has introduced a large-scale aid bill for Ukraine, and on the other hand, it has made groundless accusations against the normal economic and trade exchanges between China and Russia. This is extremely hypocritical.
There was the nonsense of the United States before, and then there was the "arch fire" of NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg.
On April 25, Stoltenberg again falsely claimed that China was fueling the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.
China has always been committed to promoting peace talks, and has never provided the belligerents with strictly controlled dual-use items, and relevant data show that more than 60% of Russia's imports of weapons and dual-use items come from the United States and the West.
The Chinese side has repeatedly stressed that normal trade between China and Russia is above board, in accordance with WTO rules and market rules, and is not aimed at any third party.
I can't say it more than three times just by "emphasizing", but the United States and the West still have conspiracy theories about trade between China and Russia.
Now, on May 1, sanctions have been imposed on Chinese companies again, and Blinken has just left, and the United States is so convenient, it seems that the bottom line and warnings shown by China have finally chosen to ignore them.
Screenshot of the U.S. Treasury Department message
The Chinese side retaliated
The United States blindly takes it for granted, believing that it can suppress China by doing so, but in the end it is a bit taken for granted.
And this time, the United States announced sanctions against 20 Chinese companies, and the U.S. State Department even hinted that more trade measures aimed at reducing trade between Russia and China and other countries may be introduced.
It is even more blunt that the United States will use the tools at its disposal to undermine the support of third parties for Russia's military industrial base and restrict Russia from using the international financial system to further launch a war against Ukraine.
The self-proclaimed "hegemony" of the United States has already caused China and Russia to make some moves.
Speaking of the dollar currency alone, China and Russia have almost achieved "de-dollarization" of trade.
On April 22, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that more than 90 percent of the mutual settlements between Russia and China have been converted into national currencies.
That is, almost complete de-dollarization between China and Russia.
In February this year, the mainland reduced its holdings of U.S. bonds by $22.7 billion again, and as the second largest overseas holder of U.S. Treasury bonds, the mainland has been holding less than $1 trillion in U.S. bonds since April 2022.
Now that the mainland has ended its "two consecutive increases" since the beginning of 2024, it would not be a surprise that Yellen Blinken will visit China one after another.
But even so, the United States is still on the surface and behind the scenes, and now it is imposing sanctions on Chinese companies and openly suppressing China, and the United States is in a hurry to impose sanctions on China and Russia, combined with the domestic turmoil in the United States, the United States' eagerness to achieve results will probably eventually overturn.
In April, when the foreign ministers of China and Russia met to face the development prospects of China and Russia, in response to the "double containment" of Western countries, China and Russia "resisted containment", opposed hegemonism and power politics, and opposed the monopoly of international affairs by a few countries.
This shows that normal cooperation between China and Russia should not be interfered with or restricted, and China has always opposed illegal unilateral sanctions. On the Ukraine issue, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stressed that China has always adhered to an objective and fair position, actively promoted peace talks, and promoted a political settlement.
However, the current United States regards normal trade cooperation between China and Russia as "promoting the Russian-Ukrainian war".
As for the US side's so-called sanctions against Chinese companies on this ground, China once again refutes that China firmly opposes the US imposition of illegal unilateral sanctions on China.
I would also like to stress that China has always adhered to an objective and fair position in promoting a political settlement, and China will not accept blame-shifting.
Now that the United States is once again "hegemonizing," China will naturally not allow the United States to "slaughter," and even if the United States makes a loud calculation, China will still have the strength to defend its sovereignty.
On the contrary, the United States, which is now "suffering from internal and external troubles," still does not forget to rush to "catch them all" against China and Russia, and suppresses China on so-called grounds.
Resources:
Wang Yi held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov-Global.com
Wang Wenbin refuted the remarks of the NATO Secretary-General: China-Russia normal trade is above board and fair, and it is not aimed at a third party - China Youth Daily
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the NATO Secretary-General's remarks on Sino-Russian trade: It is purely chasing after the wind - Beijing Daily
Following the rhetoric of the United States, the NATO Secretary General also began to threaten: China cannot "eat at both ends" of the West and Russia - Observer.com
Russian media: China and Russia will strengthen economic ties - overseas network
When it comes to Russia, the United States has another black hand against Chinese companies - Observer.com
The US has announced a new round of Russia-related sanctions, involving more than a dozen Chinese entities, which China has previously refuted – Global Times