U.S. Imposes Sanctions On China's Main Defense Company For Buying Russian Jets And Missiles

An SU-35 military jet at the MAKS-2009 international air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, August 21, 2009. Sergei Karpukhin/REUTERS

SCMP: US slaps sanctions on Chinese military unit for buying Russian jets, missiles

The actions target a key agency in China’s Central Military Commission, as well as the agency’s leader – but a US official said the sanctions were to punish Russia, not harm Beijing.

The US government has slapped punitive sanctions on a key unit of the Chinese military for buying Russian fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles.

Washington said that the purchases by the Equipment Development Department (EDD) of China’s Ministry of Defence violated US sanctions on Russia. Both the EDD and its director, Li Shangfu, have been named in Thursday’s sanctions.

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WNU Editor: This will not impact China. They do not buy U.S. arms, nor are U.S. defense companies permitted to sell arms to China. This measure is to punish Russia by telling any other country that if they buy Russian armaments, the U.S. will lay sanctions on their defense companies.

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