By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON –China on Saturday imposed sanctions on 20 US defence-related companies and 10 senior executives involved in arms sales to Taiwan in recent years, according to media reports as tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated over the supply of weapons to Taiwan.
Media reported that 20 companies targeted include Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, L3Harris Maritime Services, and Boeing in St. Louis.
The 10 individuals on the list include Palmer Luckey, founder of defence firm Anduril Industries, and John Cantillon, Vice President of L3Harris Technologies.
According to the Foreign Ministry the countermeasures include freezing the movable and immovable properties and other assets of the companies and senior executives within China, prohibited organizations and individuals in China from engaging in transactions, cooperation, and other activities with them, and barring the executives from entering China including the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that US arming of Taiwan “seriously violates the one-China principle and the three China–US Joint Communiqués, interferes 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 US military-related companies and senior executives.”
The countermeasures are in accordance with the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, the ministry said in an online statement.
US State Department announced earlier a massive package of arms sales to the Taiwan region valued at more than USD10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers, and drones.
The deal, if approved by the US Congress, would mark the largest-ever American weapons package to Taiwan.
The Chinese spokesperson said that anyone who attempts to cross the line and make provocations on the Taiwan question will be met with China’s firm response, the Global Times reported
Any company or individual engaging in arms sales to Taiwan will pay the price for the wrongdoing, the spokesperson added.
The 20 companies listed in the attached list of targets of countermeasures includes Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, L3 Harris 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, the statement said.
Ten senior executives who have been listed in the attached list of targets of countermeasures include 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).
The decision came into force from December 26, 2025.
