China Rejects US Claim That It’s Considering Arming Russia

China on Monday rejected a claim from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Beijing was considering providing Russia with weapons to use in its war in Ukraine.

“It is the US, not China, that has been pouring weapons into the battlefield. The US is in no position to tell China what to do. We would never stand for finger-pointing, or even coercion and pressurizing from the US on our relations with Russia,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters.

Blinken claimed the US had information that China was “considering providing lethal support” to Russia but offered no evidence to back up the assertion. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN, said Sunday that if China provides Russia with weapons, it will cross a “red line.”