China Bans Dual-Use Exports to 8 Taiwan Defense Entities
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This year’s 10-day live-fire Han Kuang drills are the longest yet and follow the delivery of a range of new weaponry from tanks to waterborne drones. The drills in Taiwan come as regional tensions and harassment by China and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are increasing.
China has imposed export restrictions on eight Taiwanese companies, a move seen as symbolic with little commercial impact. The bans target dual-use items, affecting industries primarily independent of Chinese supply chains.
China's commerce ministry on Wednesday said it has added eight Taiwanese firms to an export controls list, citing concerns over shipments of dual-use technologies from the democratically governed island that Beijing views as its own territory.
Taiwan has added China’s tech titan Huawei and chip giant Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) to its export control list, stepping up efforts to align with Washington ...