The move will further tighten existing loopholes and curb collaboration between Chinese firms on the entity list and Taiwanese tech leaders.

Taiwan's government has added China's Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) to its export control list, which includes other proscribed organisations like the Taliban and al Qaeda.

TAIPEI: Taiwan has blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), dealing another major blow to the two companies spearheading China's efforts to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chip technologies.