US Blacklists 24 Chinese language Firms and Related Officers for Ties to South China Sea Work

U.S. and Chinese flags are seen before Defense Secretary James Mattis welcomes Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files

U.S. and Chinese language flags are seen earlier than Protection Secretary James Mattis welcomes Chinese language Minister of Nationwide Protection Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Recordsdata

The transfer was the most recent step in Washington’s efforts to strain Beijing over its navy buildup in areas of the South China Sea the place sovereignty is contested by a number of international locations.

AFP

Final Up to date: August 26, 2020, 11:07 PM IST

America on Wednesday introduced sanctions and restrictions on two dozen Chinese language corporations and related officers for collaborating in constructing synthetic islands in disputed waters within the South China Sea.

The 24 state-owned corporations embody subsidiaries of development large China Communications Development Co., telecommunications corporations and a unit of the China Shipbuilding Group.

The transfer was the most recent step in Washington’s efforts to strain Beijing over its navy buildup in areas of the South China Sea the place sovereignty is contested by a number of international locations.

The US Commerce Division mentioned the businesses “enabled China to assemble and militarize disputed outposts within the South China Sea.”

“Since 2013, the PRC (Individuals’s Republic of China) has used its state-owned enterprises to dredge and reclaim greater than 3,000 acres on disputed options within the South China Sea, destabilizing the area, trampling on the sovereign rights of its neighbors, and inflicting untold environmental devastation,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned in a press release.

The 24 corporations had been positioned on the Commerce Division’s “Entity Record” which permits it to dam exports of US items and supplies to them.

As well as, Pompeo mentioned people related to the South China Sea operations can be unable to acquire visas to go to the USA.

The names of the people weren’t made out there.

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