# How Beijing is neutralising Washington’s sanctions machine

https://mins.news/en/item/75945

- South China Morning Post, 2026-09-27 12:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3368749/how-beijing-neutralising-washingtons-sanctions-machine?utm_source=rss_feed

> At the UN General Assembly last week, US President Donald Trump spoke of quickly “annihilating” the Islamic Republic of Iran and made a forceful claim over Venezuela’s oil. As the Iran war approached its eighth month, Beijing was working to blunt the reach of Washington’s sanctions machine.

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