Blinken: Beijing’s Stance on Ukraine ‘Doesn’t Add Up’

The secretary of state said nearly 70 percent of Russia’s machine tools imports and 90 percent of microelectronics were coming through China and Hong Kong.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the High-Level Meeting to Launch the Friends of Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty at UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 23, 2024. Bryan R. Smith/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the week-long United Nations General Assembly in New York City and told reporters afterward that Beijing’s stance on Ukraine doesn’t match its actions.

“When Beijing says on the one hand that it wants peace, it wants to see an end to the conflict, but on the other hand is allowing its companies to take actions that are actually helping [Russian President Vladimir] Putin continue the aggression, that doesn’t add up,” Blinken told reporters on Sept. 27.