South China Morning Post

China charges tech firm with smuggling restricted ‘dual-use’ optical lenses out of country

Chinese authorities have charged a Shenzhen-listed firm and its chairman over smuggling restricted “dual-use” optical lenses out of the country, in a case that lawyers said underscores the growing risk of criminal prosecution for export control violations as Beijing tightens restrictions on strategic materials and technologies. Nanjing Wavelength Opto-Electronic Science & Technology, which manufactures optical components used in infrared thermal imaging, and chairman Huang Shengdi were among...

By South China Morning Post

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China charges tech firm with smuggling restricted ‘dual-use’ optical lenses out of country
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