The Guardian-China supporting Russia in massive military expansion US says
April 13, 2024 3 min 616 words
这篇报道的主要内容是：美国指责中国帮助俄罗斯进行大规模军事扩张，特别是无人机生产、太空能力和弹道导弹生产等方面。美国官员希望在欧洲盟友中分享情报，以施压中国。美国认为中国是复兴俄罗斯国防工业的基础，俄罗斯正在进行苏联解体以来最庞大的军事扩张。美国认为，阻止中国帮助俄罗斯重建军事工业基地是目前支持乌克兰的最有效方式之一。此外，美国和英国最近禁止了俄罗斯金属产品的交易和进口，希望中断俄罗斯的出口收入。 现在，我将客观地评论这篇可能带有偏见的报道： 这篇报道体现了西方媒体常见的倾向性报道手法，即强调中国对俄罗斯军事扩张的“支持”，而忽略或淡化其他国家，尤其是西方国家对俄罗斯的帮助。报道中提到中国帮助俄罗斯的事项，很多都属于正常的贸易行为，而没有提供中国违反相关贸易规则的确凿证据。此外，报道中也没有提到西方国家，尤其是美国，在乌克兰问题上的立场和行为，以及他们对俄罗斯制裁的同时，仍在能源、军事等方面与俄罗斯保持着千丝万缕的联系。报道中提到的中国帮助俄罗斯的事项，也缺乏详细的证据链，更多的是基于美国官员的言论，而没有提供更多客观的第三方信息来源。这篇报道也体现了西方媒体的典型做法，即使用“匿名官员”作为信息来源，而没有进一步核实和提供可信度证明。总的来说，这篇报道有选择性地呈现事实，缺乏客观性和全面性，反映了西方媒体常见的对华偏见和双重标准。
China is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for its war against Ukraine, according to a US assessment.
US officials are hoping the release of the intelligence will encourage European allies to press China, as the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, heads to Beijing this weekend and G7 foreign ministers meet next week in Italy.
Announcing US findings, officials said China was helping Russia in the production of drones, space-based capabilities and machine-tool exports vital for producing ballistic missiles.
China has been the key factor in revitalising Russia’s defense industrial base, “which had otherwise suffered significant setbacks” since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a senior US official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
“Russia is undertaking its most ambitious defense expansion since the Soviet era and on a faster timeline than we believed possible early on in this conflict,” the official said.
“Our view is that one of the most gamechanging moves available to us at this time to support Ukraine is to persuade the PRC [People’s Republic of China] to stop helping Russia reconstitute its military industrial base,” the official said.
“Russia would struggle to sustain its war effort without PRC inputs,” he said.
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia.
They also said that 90% of Russia’s microelectronics imports – used to produce missiles, tanks and aircraft – came from China last year.
The US has repeatedly warned China against supporting Russia and both Chinese and US officials say Beijing has stopped short of directly providing weapons to Russia, which has turned to heavily sanctioned North Korea and Iran to replenish its arms supply.
US officials believe that China, anxious after its Russian allies’ early setbacks on the battlefield, has instead focused on sending material that ostensibly has non-military uses.
President Joe Biden’s administration is hoping that European powers can make the difference with China, which is facing economic headwinds and is sensitive about trade pressure.
The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is expected to make the case on China’s ties with Russia as he meets top diplomats of other industrial democracies at the G7 talks in Capri, Italy.
Blinken is also planning a visit in the coming weeks to China, on the heels of a trip by the treasury secretary, Janet Yellen.
The administration hopes that such dialogue, including a recent telephone call between Biden and the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, can help contain tensions between the world’s two largest economies but US officials have stressed they will still press on concerns.
The deputy secretary of state, Kurt Campbell, said this week that Europe’s stability was the top interest historically of the US and that it would hold China accountable if Russia makes gains.
Also on Friday, the US and UK prohibited metal-trading exchanges from accepting new aluminium, copper and nickel produced by Russia and barred the import of the metals in the latest effort to disrupt Russian export revenue.
The US treasury department said Friday’s action would prohibit the London Metal Exchange and Chicago Mercantile Exchange from accepting new Russian production of aluminium, copper and nickel.
“Metal exchanges provide a central role in facilitating the trading of industrial metals around the globe,” the treasury department said in a statement.