China Is Studying Russia’s Sanctions Evasion to Prepare for Taiwan Conflict

China has been supporting Russia’s economy since the start of the Ukraine war by buying its oil while supplying it with everything from microelectronics to washing machines.

Meanwhile, Beijing has been getting its own strategic benefit: a real-world case study in how to circumvent Western sanctions.
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“One of the lessons from the sanctions on Russia is that once you start imposing them on a large economy there are economic and political ramifications at home,” said Edward Fishman, a former State Department sanctions official and author of the forthcoming book “Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare.”

Read the full article on The Wall Street Journal.