Panda Electronics is a Chinese manufacturer and brand for electronic products. The products include

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datacard A datacard is an electronic card for data operations (storage, transfer, transformation, input, output). Datacard types Datacards can be sorted by their purposes: # Expansion card – printed-circuit board: inserted in a special slot in the devic ...

s, TV sets and set top boxes, administrative

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, electronic instruments, satellite and mobile communication.

History

Panda Group was originally a radio manufacturer established in 1936 under the

Nationalist government The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China, refers to the government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China from 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT ...

. The company was moved to Taiwan during the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...

and the remaining plant was re-established as Nanjing Wireless Electronics Plant and in 1995 renamed Panda Electronics Group. Nanjing Panda Electronics Co Ltd, controlled by the Panda Group, was listed on the

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and

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stock exchanges in 1996. The company has links to the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

and also has a joint venture in North Korea in collaboration with the North Korean government.

U.S. sanctions

In November 2020,

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issued an

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prohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that the

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has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army, which included Panda Electronics.

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