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China added Mitsubishi Electric to its export control list in late June over defense electronics, radar and missile systems.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because a doubling of PLA sorties and two carrier groups inside the first island chain sharply raises the odds of an accidental clash, and any real blockade would choke off the advanced chips that power the world's phones, cars, and weapons.
Part of the monitored dynamic Taiwan Strait Pressure · VUCA INDEX 74/100
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chinadaily.com.cn — Japan pays price for misled security moves
"Mitsubishi Electric, the Japanese company spearheading that recycling initiative, was added to China's export control list in late June for its involvement in defense electronics, radar and missile systems."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from chinadaily.com.cn · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 8.
Extracted JUL 8; approved JUL 8 at 0.45.
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