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.

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    7 months ago

    So China gets to make money while Russia does all the dirty work, with both Russia and the West falling into economic peril.

    Win-win for the Chinese.

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      7 months ago

      I mean, it’s the same thing with the West giving weapons to Ukraine.

      Somebodies getting rich off of that, it’s just not any of us.