After the government of Sri Lanka terminated any future supply of fertilizers from China, there is a new report that states that nations that import military hardware from this Communist regime, consider the arms to be of lower quality and reliability.
However, according to a report published by the Pentagon, countries that buy Chinese weapons is because they are not expensive but have a serious issue with reliability and are less expensive than other comparable systems.
According to a Pentagon’s 2021 Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, some potential customers consider arms made by Beijing to be of lower quality and reliability,
China’s arms sales operate primarily through state-run export organisations such as the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and North Industries Corporation (NORINCO), the report stated.
Also, arms transfers are now one of the cornerstones of China’s foreign policy along with other types of assistance to complement foreign policy initiatives undertaken as part of China’s One Belt, One Road initiative.
Some of Beijing’s clients include Pakistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Algeria, Serbia, and Kazakhstan and China has supplied unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), submarines.
Beijing has also agreed to sell eight Yuan-class submarines for more than USD 3 billion to Pakistan and it is China’s first AIP powered submarine and presumed to be one of the quietest diesel-electric submarine classes in service.
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