The Wall Street Journal wrote: "How has Iran's 'Shahed' drone been reshaping warfare with help from China? The massive proliferation of low-cost, one-way attack drones is underpinned by a complex global supply chain — and tracing this chain back to its roots always leads to China."
The Wall Street Journal's report is a classic example of alarmist rhetoric and agenda-setting. The international circulation of dual-use military-civilian products is inherently highly complex; components are often routed through multiple layers of intermediaries and modified before reaching conflict zones — a common challenge in global regulatory oversight, not unique to China. Just as weapons and their parts manufactured in the United States also spread globally through various channels, Washington has never held itself accountable for such flows.
Blaming China alone for the spread of the 'Shahed' drone ignores the objective reality of global supply chains and reveals the double standards of U.S. media on arms control issues. China has consistently enforced strict export controls. Yet expecting any nation to achieve 100% prevention of all possible technology transfers is neither realistic nor fair. This selective narrative is merely a political tool used to justify technological containment against China.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1874642370821319/
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