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The US added Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, internet search provider Baidu and carmaker BYD to a list of companies it believes are aiding Beijing\u2019s military, in a move that could inflame tensions between the countries.<\/p>\n
The long-awaited update released on Monday supersedes a list from early 2025, and comes less than a month after Donald Trump met China\u2019s Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing, where the two leaders maintained a delicate trade war truce.<\/p>\n
The list now includes a broad swathe of China\u2019s top technology companies vital to advancing Beijing\u2019s military and industrial prowess, reflecting Washington\u2019s security concerns amid intense geopolitical competition between the countries.<\/p>\n
In February, when Trump\u2019s trip to China had been pending, the Pentagon briefly posted an updated index, known as the 1260H or CMC list, but then quickly withdrew it with little explanation.<\/p>\n
The new version released on Monday mirrors the withdrawn February list with the exception of the inclusion of China\u2019s top memory chipmakers CXMT and YMTC, two companies that had been removed from the short-lived February index.<\/p>\n
Other companies added include the biotech firm WuXi AppTec, the AI-driven robotics company RoboSense Technology Co Ltd and Unitree, a leading Chinese maker of humanoid and quadruped robots. On 1 June, the US AI chipmaker Nvidia said it planned to work with Unitree to build robots for researchers.<\/p>\n
Alibaba said in a statement there was \u201cno basis\u201d for its inclusion on the list. \u201cAlibaba is not a Chinese military company nor part of any military-civil fusion strategy. We will take all available legal action against attempts to misrepresent our company,\u201d its statement said.<\/p>\n
Baidu \u201ccategorically\u201d rejected its inclusion on the list, and in a statement to Reuters said: \u201cThe suggestion that Baidu is a military company is entirely baseless. We will not hesitate to use all options available to us to have the company removed from the list.\u201d<\/p>\n
WuXi AppTec responded that its inclusion on the list was \u201cincorrect\u201d, and said in a statement that it would \u201ctake immediate actions to challenge and correct this erroneous designation\u201d.<\/p>\n
BYD, CXMT, YMTC, RoboSense, Unitree, BOE Technology Group, Tianma Microelectronics and TP-Link Technologies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon\u2019s filing did not provide evidence that certain companies were linked to the Chinese military. For several of the companies, the US said that the military links arose from affiliations with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, which governs state-owned companies, and with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s embassy in Washington said Beijing opposed \u201cmaking discriminatory lists to go after Chinese companies\u201d, and that its firms observe local laws and regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe US should stop its wrong practice and create a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies,\u201d an embassy spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it was \u201cfirmly opposed\u201d to the designations and that claims the companies were linked to the Chinese military lacked a factual basis.<\/p>\n
Some companies, including two entities owned by state-owned oil company China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) \u2013 CNOOC China Ltd and CNOOC International Trading \u2013 were removed. However, the CNOOC subsidiary China BlueChemical Ltd was added, and the filing noted that CNOOC directly controlled by China\u2019s government.<\/p>\n
Companies can at times be taken off, not because the US determines they aren\u2019t linked to China\u2019s military, but because they no longer operate in the US or because an entity\u2019s name has changed.<\/p>\n
The listed firms \u201cqualify for designation as \u2018Chinese military companies\u2019\u201d and operate in the US, the Pentagon said in its filing, which is required at least annually under US law. The companies can petition for removal, it added.<\/p>\n
The House of Representatives China select committee chair, John Moolenaar, said the updated list \u201cis a warning to American businesses, all levels of government and the American people. These Chinese companies are working with the Chinese military against our national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though the listing does not formally impose sanctions on Chinese companies, under recent US law the defense department will be prohibited starting later this month from contracting directly with companies on the list, and from buying their products or services via third parties beginning in 2027.<\/p>\n
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