Joe Biden Denies News Reports that China is Arming Russia: President Joe Biden denied press reports that China sent arms and body armor to Russia.
“I’ve been hearing now for the past three months (that) China is going to provide significant weapons to Russia… They haven’t yet. Doesn’t mean they won’t but they haven’t yet,” Biden said at a press conference during this trip to Canada. “I don’t take China lightly. I don’t take Russia lightly.”
Biden dismissed the idea of reproachment between China and Russia despite Xi Jinping’s recent trip to Moscow.
What Exactly did China Send? 
China sent copies of the U.S. M16 rifle, manufactured by North Industries Group Corporation Limited (Norinco), to a Russian company called Tekhkrim that does business with Moscow’s military. Shipping manifests were labeled as “civilian hunting rifles,” a Politico report from March 16 claimed. It explained that data provided by the customs aggregation site Import …