China puts drones and laser tech on restricted export list after US tightens rules

About two dozen technologies now require government approvals and licences to be sold overseas. Action in response to American measures taken against Chinese companies, analyst says. — SCMP

Drones and lasers are among the nearly two dozen technologies added to China’s restricted export list in the first major overhaul of the rules in more than a decade.

As tensions with the United States grow over trade and tech, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday that 23 areas of innovation – ranging from space materials to 3D printing, encryption and large-scale high-speed wind tunnel design – had been added to the restricted export list.