China has put a Polish university on its European dual-use exports blacklist. Why?

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China has placed Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Poland on its European dual-use export control blacklist, alongside defense contractors. This action is a response to recent EU sanctions targeting Chinese and Hong Kong entities, marking an unprecedented inclusion of a university in such controls.

In an unprecedented move, China has placed a Polish university alongside defence contractors on an export control list targeting entities linked to the European security sector. Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (PWr) was among 14 European Union entities added to a dual-use export control list by the Chinese commerce ministry on Friday. The ministry said the additions, effective immediately, were in response to EU sanctions imposed on Thursday against 14 mainland Chinese and Hong Kong...