Government Bound According to reports, Chinese companies sent around 1,000 assault rifles and other equipment to Russian facilities that could be used for military purposes.

What happened: Chinese companies – including one linked to Beijing – sent drone parts and body armor to Russiadepending on trade and customs Data obtained from Politico.

The report added that according to data provided by customs data aggregator import geniusthe shipments took place between June and December last year.

It added that one of the largest state-owned defense companies in the country China North Industries Group Corporation Limited sent the rifles to a Russian company that does business with the state and military in June last year.

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In the data, the M16-style CQ-A rifles were labeled as “civilian hunting rifles”. The M16 has been used by Chinese paramilitary police and by armed forces from the Philippines to South Sudan and Paraguay. The Moscow-based companies also received 12 shipments of drone parts and over 12 tons of Chinese body armor channeled through Turkey.

However, this cannot be explicitly inferred from the customs data Xi Jinping‘s country helps Wladimir Putin‘s war effort in Ukraine by selling a large number of arms, it shows China supplies commercial items that could also be used on the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Chancellor on Thursday Olaf Scholz repeated his warning and said it was vital that China did not supply Russia with arms. The German head of state said he did not expect the war in Ukraine to end any time soon.

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