The United States is known for its sanctions that don’t accomplish anything. Now China is trying the same tactic. Beijing has sanctioned twenty U.S. defense firms over arms sales to Taiwan.

Sanctions do little if anything to coerce countries into obeying and complying with threats. At the end of the day, most just say “no” and continue with business as usual, and unless force is used by the military, a decree by a ruler to another ruler isn’t impactful because they both think they have the right to decline.

After constantly warning that Washington is “playing with fire” in continually arming and supporting self-ruled Taiwan, China’s foreign ministry announced Friday new sanctions on ten individuals and 20 American defense companies, mostly notably among them Boeing, specifically in response to American arms sales to Taiwan.

The ministry described that the sanctions freeze any assets that the listed people and firms hold in China and prohibit Chinese organizations and citizens from conducting business with them, and singled out Boeing’s St. Louis-based defense branch, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and L3Harris Maritime Services – among others. –ZeroHedge

“In response to the latest US announcement of large-scale arms sales to China’s Taiwan region, China has decided to take countermeasures in accordance with the anti-foreign sanctions law against 20 US defense-related companies and 10 senior executives who have engaged in arming Taiwan in recent years,” stated the Chinese foreign ministry.

“Anyone who attempts to cross the line and make provocations on the Taiwan question will be met with China’s firm response… No country or force shall ever underestimate the resolve, will, and ability of the Chinese government and people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” it added.

The U.S. disobeyed China and continued to sell arms to Taiwan. Even though it is now sanctioned, its arms deals are likely to continue in defiance of China’s demands.

China Warns The U.S. To “IMMEDIATELY STOP” Selling Arms To Taiwan

Sanctions fail because ruling classes disobey them. That’s a strong lesson because ruling classes will fail when the public disobeys them.

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