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NATO’s infrequent rebukes of China may simply lead to moves to pressure the country to curb exports to Russia. Beijing denounced it as “prejudice, defamation and provocation. ”
By Chris Buckley
China’s close ties with Russia stem from renewed condemnation from Washington and its allies after NATO made its most powerful accusation yet that the Chinese generation is fueling Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
NATO leaders, meeting in Washington, said Beijing “cannot allow the biggest war in Europe in recent history” to suffer consequences.
Despite an unfolding web of Western bans and restrictions, Chinese semiconductors, equipment and other parts are important to Russia’s arms industries, helping Moscow continue its bitter war, U. S. officials, intelligence agencies and security experts say. and Europeans.
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As NATO allies agreed today in their summit declaration, China has become a decisive catalyst for Russia’s war against Ukraine. And China increases the risk that Russia poses to Euro-Atlantic security. China cannot allow the biggest confrontation in recent history in Europe. without this negatively affecting their interests and reputation. China supplies dual-use equipment, microelectronics, and many other tools, which allow Russia to build missiles, bombs, aircraft, and weapons that it uses to attack Ukraine.
But Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin have said the strong relations between their two countries constitute a bulwark against American domination. Xi is unlikely to easily accede to NATO’s demands.
NATO’s statement on Wednesday, its most vocal yet on China, implied that its 32 member governments would intensify moves against China unless Beijing limits exports of dual-use parts and generation to Russia.
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