Gu Li-xiong stated that mainland's sanctions against EU defense companies do not affect Taiwan's arms procurement, while experts recommend upgrading export controls on rare earth materials.

The Straits Times of Singapore wrote today (April 27): "Taiwan's Defense Department head Koo Li-hung stated that China's sanctions against European defense companies do not affect Taiwan's acquisition of weapons."

[Clever] Comment briefly: Since Koo Li-hung believes current measures don't hurt the DPP authorities' "diverse arms procurement," we should then go deeper with the scalpel—directly upgrading to export controls on rare earths and critical minerals. Sever the "industrial blood" supply for all EU companies involved in arms sales to Taiwan and their entire supply chains. Let these arms dealers personally experience the suffocating impact of "China cutting off supplies" when manufacturing precision-guided weapons. Only by escalating countermeasures from "sanction lists" to "strangling entire industrial chains" can we permanently seal shut the audacious claim that "sanctions have no effect."

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