American and European companies have been severing ties with Russia or at least downgrading their business in that country since the Ukraine invasion, but Chinese tech businesses have remained silent.
CNBC has contacted nine Chinese technology companies but only one has commented. Everyone else declined to comment or did not return comments.
While leaders in the US, Europe and Asia have criticized and endorsed Russia and President Vladimir Putin, China has refused to call the attack an attack.
Apple said on Tuesday it had stopped selling its products in Russia. The iPhone bully also claimed to have removed Russian-backed news outlets RT News and Sputnik News from its App Store worldwide outside of Russia.
Google has removed both news stores from its Play Store in Europe.
Nike bought online goods its unavailable in Russia says it cannot guarantee the delivery of goods in the country. At the time, major movie studios including Disney and Warner Bros. suspend theater release of upcoming Russian films.
Power companies like BP have withdrawn from Russian investments while Visa and Mastercard have blocked Russian financial institutions from their payment networks.
The US, European countries and allies have imposed sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, targeted financial institutions and national oligarchs. Penalties have caused the Russian ruble to plummet and the shares of one of the country’s largest lenders Sberbank to fall.