Blinken to press China over its support for Russian defense base during visit; handling of Myanmar issues also to be highlighted


US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Shanghai and Beijing from April 24-26. - PHOTO: REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters): The US. is prepared to act against Chinese companies supporting Russia's war in Ukraine, a senior US official told reporters, highlighting it as an issue Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise on his trip to China next week.

US officials have warned in increasingly stark terms about what they say is China's assistance in retooling and resupplying Russia's defense industrial base after early setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine, saying that continued support is a top risk to stable relations between Washington and Beijing.

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