China imposes export ban on companies tied to Taiwan’s military
[July 09, 2025] By
SIMINA MISTREANU
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China imposed export controls Wednesday on eight
enterprises tied to Taiwan’s military as the self-ruled island started
annual military exercises.
China’s Commerce Ministry added eight Taiwan-based organizations
including aerospace and shipbuilding companies to an export control
list, citing national and regional security concerns.
The banned companies include defense supplier Aerospace Industrial
Development Corporation (AIDC), drone maker Jingwei Aerospace Technology
Co., and CSBC Corporation, Taiwan’s largest shipbuilding company.
The new rules, effective immediately, prohibit the export to the listed
enterprises of “dual-use items,” which can be used for both civilian and
military purposes.
The ban comes as Taiwan begins its annual Han Kuang military drills,
which will simulate defenses against a possible invasion by China. The
drills are set to be the largest and longest so far, lasting about 10
days, twice as long as last year’s exercises.
China regards self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, to be annexed by
force if necessary. Beijing has branded Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te
as a separatist and refuses to speak to him.
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In this April 25, 2018 photo, the logo of the Aerospace Industrial
Development Corp. (AIDC) is seen in Taichung, Taiwan. (AP
Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
 A spokesperson for Beijing’s Taiwan
Affairs Office said the export controls were necessary to defend
China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“It is also a solemn warning to the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist
forces,” said spokesperson Chen Binhua. “‘Taiwan independence’ is an
evil path. Enterprises, organizations and individuals who are
willing to be the henchmen of the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist
forces participate in splitting the country, and incite splitting
the country will be severely punished according to law.”
The United States, like most countries, doesn’t recognize Taiwan as
a country, but is bound by its own laws to provide it with the means
to defend itself.
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