{"id":13076,"date":"2026-04-27T06:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/13076\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:39:12","slug":"china-warns-eu-to-remove-firms-and-citizens-from-russian-sanctions-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/13076\/","title":{"rendered":"China warns EU to remove firms and citizens from Russian sanctions list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China has demanded that the European Union remove Chinese businesses and individuals from its latest sanctions list related to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/ukraine-war?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Ministry of Commerce in Beijing also warned the bloc that it would take whatever measures were necessary to protect the rights and interests of its citizens and companies.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201c[We should] find a way to resolve our respective concerns through dialogue and consultation,\u201d the ministry said, adding that the consequences of not lifting the sanctions would be \u201cborne by the EU\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On Thursday, the EU announced its 20th round of sanctions over the war, which targeted 27 entities from mainland China or Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Brussels accused them of providing dual-use military and civilian supplies to the Russian military-industrial complex or of helping Moscow circumvent Western sanctions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The commerce ministry said the sanctions had undermined \u201cmutual trust\u201d and harmed bilateral relations, adding that they had been imposed despite repeated objections from Beijing.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cChina expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China has demanded that the European Union remove Chinese businesses and individuals from its latest sanctions list related&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[8954,954,18,400,125,8955,3578,8953,8951,692,390,8956,7590,8952,88],"class_list":["post-13076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-ab-mano-bankas","tag-beijing","tag-brussels","tag-china","tag-european-union","tag-heihe-rural-commercial-bank","tag-hong-kong","tag-lithuanian","tag-ministry-of-commerce","tag-moscow","tag-russia","tag-suifenhe-rural-commercial-bank","tag-taiwan","tag-uab-urbo-bankas","tag-ukraine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116475302091390319","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}