CBS News got an up-close, mid-air view of the complex tensions playing out between China, its ally North Korea and the West in the East China Sea, on board a Canadian surveillance aircraft enforcing UN sanctions against North Korea's nuclear weapons program. As the Canadian aircraft checked a North Korea Korean ship that may have been carrying goods banned under the nearly-20 year-old sanctions, Chinese jets flew up close in what was seen as an act of calculated intimidation. #china #northkorea

China has reiterated its opposition to unilateral sanctions, saying such measures lack a legal basis under international law and United Nations Security Council authorization, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, October 23. The remarks came in response to new U.S. sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump on Russian energy companies. #China #US #Russia #Sanctions #DonaldTrump #Ukraine #Energy #Oil #Lukoil #Rosneft #Beijing #GuoJiakun #Diplomacy #Breaking #News #Update

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