moscow and beijing as a trick. an attempt by china to expand its influence. the head of u.s. central command said china is expanding diplomatic and economic ties throughout the middle east. over half the oil and more than all of the third of all natural gas inported by china is supported by centcom countries. 19 of 21 countries have wrote a bill with china. we re at a race to integrate before china can penetrate the region. on march 8, director of national tell arvil haynes said the u.s. sees china providing assistance to russia that is helping moscow in ukraine. haynes says beijing is aware of the reputational costs it will bear if that assistance is made more public. neil? neil: jennifer, thank you. now to the man that runs the house of foreign affairs committee, congressman michael
this was have are public speech reported by state media that we re reporting here. so there is also a message here from president putin to his rivals, which is i will be stepping up in this shadow war. be prepared. all right, salma abdelaziz, thanks for that live report. the u.n. says china has been supporting russia s war in ukraine from the beginning, even if it hasn t provided any lethal aid yet. 13 chinese companies have already been blacklisted for helping moscow, including one the u.s. says was supplying parts to the iranian drone program. u.s. lawmakers say they will not hesitate to hold beijing accountable. and secretary of state antony blinken warns there will be consequences for any move to help russia. we will not hesitate, for example, to target chinese companies or individuals that violate our sanctions. or otherwise engage in supporting the russian war effort. china can t have it both ways when it comes to the russian aggression in ukraine.
could be at risk themselves if they don t take a strong stand, if they don t protect themselves and their borders they themselves could find themselves on the other end of putin s ire. and it s a public message and yet another message to putin saying we re in your geosphere. a thread line for this show has been increased tensions with china and sort of we expect with the hearing tonight spy balloon, lab leak, and then most perhaei maybe helping moscow further. renewed talk of possible sanctions toward china. do we think those would have impact, or is china s economy too big? this is the million dollar question, and this topic is fascinating. cia director bill burns, when he came out sunday by the way, anything he says publicly is like a free peek at what u.s. intelligence is saying. so when he came out and said, i
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