When the Netherlands sold the ROC the Haihu and Hailong (Sea Dragon) back in the 1980s, the PRC protested by downgrading its ties with Holland. Ultimately the pressure was successful, and an additional four subs which the Dutch had originally agreed to build for Taiwan were aborted.
八○年代荷售海龍、海虎號潛艦給我國時，中共以降低與荷的外交關係為代辦級嚴重抗議，終於壓力奏效，荷與我方原預定後續的四艘潛艦建造合約，終告胎死腹中。