China places 20 Japanese entities on export control list for dual-use items

    BEIJING: China added 20 Japanese entities to its export control list for dual-use items on Monday, preventing Chinese firms from selling to them without prior approval, citing Tokyo’s ambitions for “remilitarisation.” The action, Beijing’s latest in a series of export curbs targeted at Tokyo, was aimed at limiting Japan’s “new type ‌of militarism” as ⁠well…

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    China ramps up crackdown on strategic mineral smugglers, vows stronger export controls

    China ramps up crackdown on strategic mineral smugglers, vows stronger export controls

    A number of suspects involved in strategic mineral smuggling had been arrested, Chinese authorities said on Saturday, while pledging stronger enforcement of export controls to prevent illegal shipments and technology transfers for military use. The Ministry of Commerce statement came during a high-level export-control meeting in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region – an…

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