Taking exception to big arms sales to Taiwan by the United States, Beijing on December 26 announced countermeasures against certain U.S. military-related companies and senior executives. The measures went into immediate effect.
Beijing says Taiwan is its integral part and cannot be treated as another independent China.
A ministry of foreign affairs statement called the proposed arms sales to Taiwan a serious violation of the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. Joint Communiqués. said the US announcement amounts to interference in China’s internal affairs, and undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“Pursuant to Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 15 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Countering Foreign Sanctions, China hereby decides to take countermeasures against the following U.S. military-related companies and senior executives,” said the statement.
The following are the “counter-measures” against the US-related military hardware companies and their executives.
1. For the 20 companies listed in the attached List of Targets of Countermeasures, i.e., Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, L3Harris Maritime Services, Boeing in St. Louis, Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Advanced Acoustic Concepts, VSE Corporation, Sierra Technical Services, Inc., Red Cat Holdings, Inc., Teal Drones, Inc., ReconCraft, High Point Aerotechnologies, Epirus, Inc., Dedrone Holdings Inc., Area-I, Blue Force Technologies, Dive Technologies, Vantor, Intelligent Epitaxy Technology, Inc., Rhombus Power Inc., and Lazarus Enterprises Inc.: Their movable and immovable properties, and other kinds of assets within China shall be frozen; and all organizations and individuals within China shall be prohibited from engaging in transaction, cooperation and other activities with them.
2. For the ten senior executives as listed in the attached List of Targets of Countermeasures, i.e., Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries; John Cantillon, Vice President of L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer of L3Harris Maritime Services; Michael J. Carnovale, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Acoustic Concepts; John A. Cuomo, President and Chief Executive Officer of VSE Corporation; Mitch McDonald, President of Teal Drones, Inc.; Anshuman Roy, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rhombus Power Inc.; Dan Smoot, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vantor; Aaditya Devarakonda, Chief Executive Officer of Dedrone Holdings Inc.; Ann Wood, President of High Point Aerotechnologies; and Jay Hoflich, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ReconCraft: Their movable and immovable properties, and other kinds of assets within China shall be frozen; all organizations and individuals within China shall be prohibited from engaging in transaction, cooperation and other activities with them; and they shall be denied visas or entry into China (including Hong Kong and Macao).
