China has sanctioned 5 American companies

China present imposed sanctions on 5 U.S. military companies in connection with the sale of US weapons to Taiwan. This is besides a consequence to US sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals. A spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of abroad Affairs Wang Wenbin announced that the wealth of U.S. companies would be The freezing of the assets of these companies in China, including movable and immovable assets, and the ban on organisations and individuals in China to carry out and cooperate with transactions. It is unclear what effect the sanctions will have on companies: BAE Systems Land and Armaments, Alliant Techsystems Operations, AeroVironment, ViaSat and Data Link Solutions. The U.S. media claim that China's decision is mainly symbolic due to the fact that US defence contractors mostly do not trade with Beijing.

The sale of US arms to the Chinese region of Taiwan constitutes a gross violation of the rule of 1 China and the provisions of the 3 joint Chinese-American communications, in peculiar the Joint Communication of 17 August 1982, as well as the illegal unilateral sanctions imposed by the US on Chinese companies and individuals under various false pretexts seriously harm Chinese sovereignty and safety interests, undermine peace and stableness in the Taiwan Strait, and violate legitimate and lawful laws and interests of Chinese companies and individuals. China powerfully deplores this and powerfully opposes it, as well as the solemn démarche to the United States. - I'm sorry. MFA spokesperson China Wang Wenbin

China's MFA stated that U.S. actions damaged sovereignty and safety interests, undermined peace and stableness in the Taiwan Strait, and violated the laws and interests of Chinese companies and individuals. The message was announced little than a week before the Taiwanese presidential elections, which are mostly contested in view of the way the government should manage its relations with China, which consider the self-government island to be its territory and claim that it must be governed by its rule.

I would like to stress that the Chinese Government remains unwavering in its determination to defend national sovereignty, safety and territorial integrity and to defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and citizens. We call on the United States to respect the rule of 1 China and 3 common Chinese-American communications, to respect global law and the basic standards governing global relations, to halt defending Taiwan and to halt attacking China with illegal unilateral sanctions. Otherwise China will receive a decisive and decisive consequence - the spokesperson for China's abroad Ministry Wang Wenbin.

Beijing has not determined what arms contract and what US sanctions China is responding to. Wang Wenbin warned 3 weeks ago that Beijing would take countermeasures after the US government approved a US military package worth $300 million for Taiwan last December. The agreement includes equipment, training and repair of equipment to keep Taiwanese command, control and military communications capabilities.

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