China-Pakistan defense ties threatened by new U.S. sanctions

Fresh measures from Washington target Chinese ballistic missile companies

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A Shaheen 3 surface-to-surface ballistic missile is displayed during a Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2019. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

MANSEHRA, Pakistan -- Fresh U.S. sanctions on Chinese ballistic missile suppliers are threatening to disrupt Pakistan's defense ties with Beijing, entangling Islamabad in the superpowers' tense rivalry, analysts said.

Last week, the U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on the Beijing Research Institute of Automation for Machine Building Industry for what it said was the company's moves to procure equipment for testing Pakistani rocket motors.

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