U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the weeklong United Nations General Assembly in New York, and told reporters afterward that Beijing’s stance on Ukraine doesn’t match its actions.
“When Beijing says on the one hand that it wants peace, it wants to see an end to the conflict, but on the other hand is allowing its companies to take actions that are actually helping [Russian President Vladimir] Putin continue the aggression, that doesn’t add up,” Blinken said during a press question-and-answer session on Sept. 27.
The United States has sanctioned around 400 companies for aiding the Russian war effort, including several Chinese companies and middlemen that have supported the Russian military and helped Russia evade international sanctions. The United States has also called on the international community to do the same….