INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Beijing has banned the export of dual-use items to eight Taiwan-based aerospace and shipbuilding companies, including suppliers to the
Taiwanese military.
The move, announced by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday, was described by the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office
(TAO) as a “stern warning against repeated provocations by separatist forces”.
According to the ministry, the companies, which include
defence supplier Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), have been placed on an...