US to Target Chinese Companies in Upcoming Sanctions on Russia: State Department

U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs Victoria Nuland revealed that an upcoming sanctions package targeting Russia on the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine will also target China-linked entities that are violating export bans against Moscow.
The Biden administration has identified that China-linked firms—some Europe-based—are evading existing sanctions against Russia intended to weaken Moscow’s ability to finance and supply its military offensive in Ukraine.
“There will be in the sanctions packages that we will be announcing tomorrow on the one-year anniversary of the war,” Nuland told The Washington Post during a live event on Thursday. “We will also be putting other constraints on entities, Chinese-based or Chinese subs of entities in Europe.”…}

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