S 300 in Syria, page-7

"mmm slightly off topic - but the Chinese want the S400 - but the americans are objecting - there was some story about the americans imposing some sanctions"

The democrats accuse Russia of "meddling". Trump accuses China of "meddling". But apparently it's perfectly ok for the US to tell China what they can or can't buy from Russia, because Russia is involved in "malign activities worldwide".

"In a significant escalation of global tensions, the US has imposed sanctions on a Chinese military unit and its director for purchasing military equipment from Russia’s main arms exporter Rosoboronexport, in contravention of a unilateral ban imposed by Washington in 2017."

"China has retaliated against the measure by cancelling trade talks and a top level visit to Washington by Vice-Premier Liu He scheduled to take place next week."

"Announcing the ban imposed on Thursday, the US State Department said China’s Equipment Development Department and its director Li Shangfu had made a “significant transaction” involving the purchase of Su-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and S-400 missiles in 2018."

"Responding to the decision to hit the Chinese military unit and a separate move to add 33 Russians to a US blacklist, Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, said the sanctions had been turned into a kind of “national entertainment” and were futile."'
"Then, in a significant escalation of his language, he continued: “No one will ever succeed in dictating their own terms to Russia. Operators of the Washington sanctions machine are advised to at least superficially familiarise themselves with our history in order to stop wasting their time. Playing with fire is stupid, because it can become dangerous.”"
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/22/chin-s22.html