US Sanctions China-Based Network for Aiding North Korean Missile Program

The United States is sanctioning a China-based network for its alleged role in procuring items for North Korea’s ballistic missile and space programs.
The alleged “procurement network” consisted of six individuals and five entities in communist China, according to a statement by the Treasury Department.
“[North Korea’s] continued development and proliferation [of its] ballistic missile technologies—in violation of U.N. sanctions—is both irresponsible and destabilizing for both the region and the international community,” Treasury Under Secretary Brian Nelson said.
North Korea’s programs rely heavily on foreign-sourced materials and components that it cannot produce domestically.
The Treasury said that the six individuals—Chen Tianxin, Du Jiaxin, Han Dejian, Shi Anhui, Shi Qianpei, and Wang Dongliang—worked to source hardware, including electronic components and metal alloys, for North Korean weapons development. They have been sanctioned under a statute that “targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their supporters,” the department said….