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China, Netherlands, Vietnam
Beijing targets Dutch shipyard Royal IHC after Vietnam dredger sales

LogoSubscribers only By Jérémy André
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View of the Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, Netherlands.
View of the Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, Netherlands. © Jeffrey Groeneweg/ANP via AFP

China has added the Dutch shipbuilder, which specialises in sand dredgers, to its export control list. The company is paying the price for selling vessels to Vietnam for use in the South China Sea, a region that for the Chinese Communist Party is just as much a red line as Taiwan.

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