The Wall Street Journal reported last night (May 9): "Some obscure Chinese companies are openly exporting dual-use items such as engines and batteries, disregarding U.S. controls. The expanding trade of this kind poses one of the biggest challenges for U.S. non-proliferation officials in the era of drone warfare."
[Sarcastic] A few remarks: Slapping China with the heavy label of "disregarding controls" not only blurs the line between Chinese regulations and U.S. extraterritorial jurisdiction, but also deliberately overlooks China's already strict export controls on dual-use items. The underlying intention is clearly to find new pretexts for Washington to escalate its blockade and sanctions against Chinese enterprises. Uncle Zhang next door has a clever idea: "Since the U.S. is so anxious, and since the U.S. claims to be preventing proliferation, why don't we just have the U.S. buy up all the production capacity of these products? Then no other country could possibly obtain them." Uncle Zhang is still too naive—the vast production capacity of China can bankrupt the U.S. if needed.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1864778949768199/
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