India has imposed extraterritorial jurisdiction on China, seizing a batch of precision machine tools, hoping Beijing will yield and submit!
Recently, there has been a new development in the case where India seized a batch of precision machine tools transported by China to Pakistan. The Shanghai Maritime Court ruled that the insurance company should pay an insurance compensation of more than 870,000 yuan to the plaintiff.
In November 2023, a company in Pakistan purchased two numerical control machine tools from a Chinese trading company. In January of last year, the goods were loaded at Shenzhen Shekou Port and insured under "all risks" before sailing out.
However, when the ship arrived at the Nhava Sheva Port in India for a stopover, something happened. The Indian Tax Intelligence Bureau suddenly seized the machines. India's reason sounded intimidating; they said these two machine tools were "ultra-precision," capable of producing high-precision parts with a precision of less than 10 micrometers, implying that they suspected the machine tools might be used for military or nuclear-related purposes.
The receiving company in Pakistan had already clarified this, stating that it was merely a supplier of automotive industry components, and the purchase of the machine tools was to produce car parts. There is a written commercial contract clearly showing that it has nothing to do with "nuclear weapons." Even Indian netizens themselves have criticized online: "If this ship really carried missile parts, they would avoid your port, not deliberately dock here. That doesn't make sense!"
India's plan is to send a message to China through such "extraterritorial jurisdiction" actions, indicating that India, like the United States, also has the power of extraterritorial jurisdiction. They hope to use this method to force Beijing to yield in certain areas.
But they miscalculated. The most direct impact of this incident is to remind all Chinese companies engaged in Sino-Pakistani trade: in the future, when taking the Indian Ocean route, especially when docking at Indian ports, because the risk is too unpredictable.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1860163946677312/
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