A plan by a group of Chinese military and business institutions to invest US$471 million to set up a venture capital fund aims to secure high-end military technology by circumventing US sanctions, a defense expert said on Friday.
The plan shows Beijing’s ambitions to cultivate a domestic military supply chain at a time when it has stepped up its threats against Taiwan, said Yang I Kwei (楊一逵), a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of National Defense.
Yang’s comments came after Guangzhou Haige Communications Group (廣州海格通信集團), which provides communications and navigation
Taipei, April 16 (CNA) A move by a group of Chinese military and business institutions to invest approximately NT$14 billion (US$500 million) to organize a venture capital fund is intended to secure high-end war technology by circumventing sanctions imposed by Washington, according to an expert from a Ministry of National Defense think tank.