China says U.S. unilateral sanctions blocking military communications

Unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States is one factor that is blocking China-U.S. military-to-military communications, a Chinese foreign ministry official said on Monday.

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has been placed under U.S. sanctions since 2018 over Beijing's purchase of combat aircraft and equipment from Russia's main arms exporter, Rosoboronexport.