{"id":161104,"date":"2026-04-27T15:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/china-rejects-us-sanctions-and-vows-to-protect-firms"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:45:32","slug":"china-rejects-us-sanctions-and-vows-to-protect-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/china-rejects-us-sanctions-and-vows-to-protect-firms","title":{"rendered":"China Rejects US Sanctions and Vows to Protect Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong> <\/span>China on Monday criticized US sanctions targeting Chinese companies, calling them \u201cillicit\u201d and vowing to safeguard the interests of its firms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina always opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>The US Treasury on Friday announced new Iran-related sanctions and issued a general license allowing the wind-down of transactions involving Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co.<\/p>\n<p>State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the measures are part of broader efforts to curb what Washington describes as Iran\u2019s illicit oil trade.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks came after the Treasury imposed sanctions on a major independent Chinese refinery &#8212; often referred to as \u201cteapot\u201d refineries, which operate largely in the eastern province of Shandong &#8212; and nearly 40 additional entities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina urges the US to abandon the wrong practice of abusive sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that China \u201cwill firmly safeguard the lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Kenya<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. China on Monday criticized US sanctions targeting Chinese companies, calling them \u201cillicit\u201d and vowing to safeguard the interests of its firms. \u201cChina always opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters in Beijing. The US Treasury on Friday announced new Iran-related sanctions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":161103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[544],"class_list":["post-161104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>China Rejects US Sanctions and Vows to Protect Firms - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Kenya. 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