The United States on Tuesday announced new sanctions on Chinese, Iranian, Russian, and Turkish companies and people it said were supplying equipment for Iran’s drone and military aircraft development. Those targeted for sanctions include one Chinese company and two individuals. Shenzhen Jiasibo Technology Co., Ltd. facilitates the supply of components that could be used to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), such as aerospace-grade radar altimeter systems and sensors, to Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company, the Treasury Department said in a statement. “Iran’s continued, deliberate proliferation of its UAVs enables Russia, its proxies in the Middle East, and other destabilizing actors to undermine global stability,” Brian E Nelson, Treasury’s under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.... US Sanctions Chinese Companies Over Iran’s Drones, Military Aircraft
The United States on Tuesday announced new sanctions on Chinese, Iranian, Russian, and Turkish companies and people it said were supplying equipment for Iran’s drone and military aircraft development. Those targeted for sanctions include one Chinese company and two individuals. Shenzhen Jiasibo Technology Co., Ltd. facilitates the supply of components that could be used to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), such as aerospace-grade radar altimeter systems and sensors, to Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company, the Treasury Department said in a statement. “Iran’s continued, deliberate proliferation of its UAVs enables Russia, its proxies in the Middle East, and other destabilizing actors to undermine global stability,” Brian E Nelson, Treasury’s under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.... 
Vague laws, tensions with Washington over technology, geopolitics, and a slowing economy are key impediments for U.S. firms in China, according to an annual poll conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Shanghai. “2023 was supposed to be the year investor confidence and optimism bounced back after years of Covid disruptions and restrictions. According to our 2023 survey of U.S. businesses in China, however, the rebound has not materialized and business sentiment has continued to deteriorate,” said a report released by AmCham on Tuesday. AmCham added that these concerns—such as China’s worsening business environment and doubts about the country’s economic recovery—dampen optimism and shape how companies operate in China....
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been missing for over two weeks. Experts told The Epoch Times that whatever may be the reason, the increasing trend of unexplained disappearances of top officials puts the leadership under heightened scrutiny and raises serious doubts about its credibility, and increases security threats for neighboring countries. “The disappearance of China’s defense minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country’s top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping’s rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement,” Nishakant Ojha, a New Delhi-based defense analyst who has formerly served in various Indian foreign missions, told The Epoch Times in an email....
Nongovernmental groups called on the United Nations to urge the South Korean government to end its complicity in forced organ harvesting in China. “South Korea, known as a major consumer of transplant tourism to China, has not taken sufficient steps to monitor and discourage this practice, despite being aware of the circumstances surrounding forced organ harvesting—a grievous and arbitrary deprivation of human lives,” two nonprofits said in a statement on Sept. 13. The two groups—the Korea Association for Ethical Organ Transplants (KAEOT) and Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH)—raised concerns over the Korean government’s involvement in the Chinese regime’s organ transplant abuse in a report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Committee (UNHRC). A session of the global body is scheduled to take place in Geneva next month....