25/06/2023
The U.S. Department of Justice filed criminal charges against four Chinese chemical manufacturing companies and eight individuals on the 23rd local time, claiming that they were involved in "manufacturing, marketing, selling and supplying precursor chemicals used in the production of fentanyl in violation of federal law." . According to Reuters, this marks the first time that the United States has prosecuted Chinese companies and Chinese citizens for allegedly producing and selling fentanyl precursor chemicals. In this regard, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on the 24th that the US's attempt to solve its own concerns on drug control through pressure, coercion and illegal means is actually an internal disease and external treatment. This will not work and will only harm others and itself.