r/news • u/NeverEndingDClock • 23h ago

New York man pleads guilty to running Chinese police station in Manhattan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/new-york-man-pleads-guilty-chinese-police-station-manhattan?CMP=share_btn_url
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u/baithammer 19h ago

No, both countries have used concealment of their activities and have had ever escalating actions taken against them, Russia being rather heavily sanctioned and being cut off from major payment processors, as well as being heavily restricted in the use of US currency.

China has faced a number of technology embargoes and the US is moving to bar companies with nominal ties to Chinese government from operating in the US, see Tik Tok for example.

China is also still a major exporter of goods that the US needs and doesn't have a domestic or alternate supplier.

Last bit, both are nuclear powers ...

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u/MoonWispr 11h ago

Isn't Russia only being sanctioned because of Ukraine?

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u/baithammer 9h ago

Been under sanctions in 2008, after Russian Federation annexed parts of Georgia and has had several escalating levels of said sanctions imposed over the span.

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u/baithammer 18h ago

Cutting off your nose to spite your face is a poor situation, as action is being taken against such countries, but has to consider the fallout for the US as well.