Tensions escalated after Taiwan's president President Lai Ching-te was elected last year. Beijing has accused him of seeking independence and destabilizing the region.

Taiwan has added China's leading foundry operator Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC) and IT giant Huawei to ...

Taipei this month added Huawei Technologies Co. and its main chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to its entity list, barring the island's firms from doing business with the pair ...

This designation means that any Taiwanese company wishing to export goods to Huawei or SMIC must now obtain a special permit.

Taiwan has placed China’s Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on its export control list, grouping them with proscribed entities such as the Taliban ...

That bottom‑up push is now backed from the top: on 29 March 2025, China’s Ministry of Industry & Information Technology (MIIT ...