Ukraine throws wrench in warming US-China ties

Recent breakthroughs in U.S.-China ties are already starting to fray over Beijing’s support for Russia in Ukraine.

Despite renewed communications between Washington and Beijing, championed since late last year, the U.S. is angry about China’s growing role in the Russia-Ukraine war, specifically its commercial support of Moscow’s military production.

The Biden administration is now looking to use new sanctions as diplomatic leverage to stop China from giving Russia drone and missile technology, satellite imagery and machine tools — aid that bolsters the Kremlin’s war machine more than two years after...