{"id":41802,"date":"2025-12-28T02:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T02:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/china-is-going-after-us-defense-firms-and-execs-over-weapons-sales-to-taiwan-and-palmer-luckeys-on-the-list\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T02:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T02:01:27","slug":"china-is-going-after-us-defense-firms-and-execs-over-weapons-sales-to-taiwan-and-palmer-luckeys-on-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/china-is-going-after-us-defense-firms-and-execs-over-weapons-sales-to-taiwan-and-palmer-luckeys-on-the-list\/","title":{"rendered":"China is going after US defense firms and execs over weapons sales to Taiwan &mdash; and Palmer Luckey&#8217;s on the list"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/694e7a4e64858d02d21768e1?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Palmer Luckey\"\/><figcaption>Palmer Luckey, founder of defense tech firm Anduril Industries.<\/p>\n<p>PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>China imposed sanctions on several US defense firms and executives on Friday.<\/li>\n<li>China&#039;s foreign ministry said the move came in response to US arms sales to Taiwan.<\/li>\n<li>The sanctions list includes Boeing&#039;s St. Louis branch, as well as Anduril founder Palmer Luckey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China announced sanctions against 20 US defense companies and 10 senior executives on Friday, citing US arms sales to Taiwan as its motive.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, China&#039;s foreign ministry said its assets within China, including movable and immovable properties, would be frozen and that domestic organizations and individuals would be prohibited from doing business with them.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals named on the list would also be denied visas and entry to the country, the ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions list includes Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Boeing&#039;s St. Louis branch, Epirus, and Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry said: &quot;We stress once again that the Taiwan question is at the very core of China&#039;s core interests and the first red line that must not be crossed in China.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Any company or individual who engages in arms sales to Taiwan will pay the price for the wrongdoing,&quot; they added.<\/p>\n<p>When reached for comment, Anduril pointed Business Insider to an X post from Luckey in which the CEO joked that he was honored.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I want to thank my family, my team, and my Lord Jesus Christ for this award,&quot; Luckey wrote on X. &quot;Anduril has been sanctioned for a while now, as have many of my peers, but it means so much to finally have my non-existent Chinese assets seized and repurposed.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>China&#039;s sanctions follow the US announcement of a $11 billion military package for Taiwan last week.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which includes self-propelled Howitzers and HIMARS rocket launchers, still needs to be approved by Congress \u2014 but it drew a swift response from Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Lin Jian, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, said in a statement at the time that China &quot;strongly deplores and firmly opposes&quot; the sales.<\/p>\n<p>China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province that will one day come under Beijing&#039;s control, and Chinese President Xi Jinping has refused to rule out an invasion of the island. Taiwan&#039;s ruling Democratic Progressive Party views Taiwan as separate from China.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Taiwan Relations Act, the US is obligated to assist Taiwan in defending itself.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has ramped up pressure around the island in recent years, holding frequent military exercises in the surrounding skies and waters.<\/p>\n<p>A 2024 report by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies suggested that China may be able to exert power over Taiwan without launching an invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The report said China could impose a quarantine of the island using its coast guard.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The purpose of a quarantine is not to completely seal Taiwan off from the world but to assert China&#039;s control over Taiwan by setting the terms for traffic in and out of the island,&quot; it argued.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;A key goal is to compel countries and companies to comply with China&#039;s terms.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palmer Luckey, founder of defense tech firm Anduril Industries. 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