Pentagon adds Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu to Chinese military company list, barring them from U.S. defense contracts
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The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses — including Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu — to its list of Chinese military companies, effectively barring them from U.S. defense contracts. The updated list, published Monday, now includes well-known non-state-owned companies not traditionally associated with the defense sector, reflecting growing U.S. wariness of Beijing's strategy of leveraging civilian companies for military purposes.
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· 3 pulledThe Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses, including the tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu, to its list of Chinese military companies, preventing them from getting U.S. defense contracts.
The list, updated and published Monday by the Pentagon, now sanctions well-known, non-state-owned Chinese companies that are not traditionally considered to be in the defense or security sector.
It reflects growing wariness of Beijing's strategy of tapping the strength of civilian companies for military purposes.
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