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They also trade on the same terms with literally everyone else. That’s called being neutral.
Please show me these terms on selling dual-use items to Ukraine.
They’re literally one of Ukraine’s largest trading partners if not the largest. Has even all lead to goofy shit where you’ll see stuff like having both Ukrainian and Russian reviews on (previously?) uncontrolled equipment like night vision goggles on Chinese sites. Otherwise their general policy response to all this has been to tamp down on equipment exports like that for everyone, everywhere.
Oh, well, if there are reviews they must be doing it. No one can possibly fake a review.
Just look up anything drone related on aliexpress and 90% of the reviews will most likely be Ukranian and Russian.
(I think you might only be able to see the nationality in the app)
While some of those might be fake, I think most of them are real.
As long as you think most of the reviews for drones on AliExpress real, China is definitely selling the same dual use items of all kinds to Ukraine as it is to Russia, and I'm sure at the same price too.
Logic.
If you tell me a reason why some AliExpress seller should create fake reviews which appear to come from ukraine or russia specifically, let me know.
You can never be 100% certain of anything.
For me all the signs point to china selling to whoever is buying stuff from them, especially since its not the government or even large conglomerates, but factories and companies of all sizes and shapes that sell drones and other dual use items.
As long as there isnt any blanket ban from the government they sell to everyone, because why would you make less profit if you could make more?
I dont know if there are big price differences when buying wholesale depending on which country you buy from, but there definetly arent any when buying single items.
I also think that china isnt supplying russia because it wants russia to win, but because it wants russia to be dependent on them.
You seem to be deliberately conflating what a Chinese company is doing and what the government of China is doing.
I mean, if you explicitly want dual use stuff which is always a weird category: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-drones-glitching-getting-lost-in-ukraine-picking-chinese-ones-2024-4
Also can’t really see China turning off the taps on these exports considering they’re a world leader in it and it’s a pretty key tech.
That's talking about DJI drones.
You can buy them on Amazon.
That is not the same as China selling directly to Russia and I think you know that.
Also, I explicitly want dual use stuff because that's explicitly how they are being accused of aiding Russia.
What do you think dual use means?
Go back and re-read the first comment you replied to and then ask yourself if asking me that question now makes any sense.
And, again, Ukraine buying DJI drones on the public market is not the same as China directly selling Russia parts to make or repair weapons, which, again, I think you know.
It’s quite easy for people who know what they’re doing to repurpose processors and components in consumer devices? And, you can also buy almost whatever cpu/component you want on Amazon too if you know what you’re looking for?
Otherwise, as I mentioned I don’t like it as a category because it leads to this silliness. At one point Israel was blocking all concrete imports to Gaza under dual use reasoning, and although I don’t like them one bit they kind of had a point. But, you also kinda need it if you want to build modern structures.
I’d assume NATO’s largely talking about machining equipment, electronics, and drones though. But, I don’t think they actually clarified anything? And while Ukraine itself probably doesn’t have much military use for the first two as any military plant would probably get hit, with how prominently drones have featured in this war they definitely fall under dual use.
And, again, they are not buying those drones directly from China.
If North Korea sells me a missile and I sell it to you, you are not buying arms from North Korea and North Korea is not selling arms to you.
I’m pretty sure they are literally buying tons of them from China. What are you even on. There aren’t any restrictions there because that’s part of their neutrality. Otherwise I’m done cause this is absurd.
As long as you're "pretty sure" they are, it must be true. There is no higher evidentiary standard.
What exactly do you think exports are? A DJI drone is manufactured in China. If it's bought through Amazon or Alibaba and shipped to Ukraine, that's classified as an export. The public market is how imports and exports happen.
I see. You're just going to pretend that China selling to a third party and that third party then selling to Ukraine is the same thing as China selling directly to Russia.
That's not a good thing.