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China blasts 'hegemonic' US missile sanctions

Friday, 21 January 2022 3:23 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 22 January 2022 7:59 AM ]

In a Federal Register notice published on Friday, the US State Department announced sanctions against the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp First Academy, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp Fourth Academy, and Poly Technologies Incorporated.(AP file photo)

China has denounced the United States for imposing “hegemonic” sanctions on Chinese companies, and urged it to “revoke the relevant sanctions and stop suppressing Chinese enterprises and smearing China.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Friday also accused Washington of hypocrisy for selling nuclear-capable cruise missiles.

The US State Department on Friday announced sanctions against three Chinese companies, accusing them of “missile technology proliferation.”

The companies are China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp First Academy, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp Fourth Academy, and Poly Technologies Incorporated.

The sanctions, which apply to the companies and their subsidiaries, mean that those entities are barred from US markets and from obtaining technology that can be used to make weapons.

“This is a typical hegemonic action. China strongly deplores and firmly opposes it,” Lijian told reporters, according to The Associated Press.

“China urges the United States to immediately correct its mistakes, revoke the relevant sanctions and stop suppressing Chinese enterprises and smearing China,” he continued.

China accounted for 5.2 percent of the global share of major arms exports between 2016 and 2021, while in comparison, the US accounted for 37 percent of the global share, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

China warns away US warship in South China Sea

China’s military says it has followed and warned away a US warship that “illegally” entered Chinese waters near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that China strictly controls is exports of missiles, adding “normal cooperation between China and relevant countries doesn’t violate any international law and doesn’t involve proliferation.”

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