CSBC yard in KeelungCredit: Taiwankengo - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
China’s Ministry of Commerce added eight Taiwan entities to export control list including three shipyards. China views Taiwan a breakaway province that will eventually be reunited with the mainland and strongly opposes its independence.
A statement released by the Chine Ministry of Commerce said the companies have deliberately cooperated with the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, and the decision was made to maintain national sovereignty, territorial integrity, as well as peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations.
The restrictions, effective immediately, prohibit exports of dual-use items-goods, software, or technology, those with both civilian and military applications, to the listed entities.
The Ministry of Commerce stressed that no exporter will be allowed to violate these control measures.
The affected Taiwanese entities including three shipyards CSBC Corp, Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Group, Lungteh Shipbuilding, and other five-Aerospace Industrial Development Corp, Geosat Aerospace & Technology, National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, JC Tech and GWS Technologies.
Shipbuilder CSBC responded to the sanctions that, its commercial vessels use suppliers from Japan and South Korea, and the share of its supply chain linked to China is extremely small.
