The US has added several Chinese technology companies, including gaming and social media giant Tencent and battery maker CATL, to a list of businesses it says work with China’s military.
The list serves as a warning to American companies and organisations about the risks of doing business with Chinese entities.
While inclusion does not mean an immediate ban, it can add pressure on the US Treasury Department to sanction the firms.
Tencent and CATL have denied involvement with the Chinese military, while Beijing said the decision amounted to “unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies”.
The Department of Defense’s (DOD) list of Chinese military companies, which is formally known as the Section 1260H list, is updated annually and now includes 134 firms.
It is part of Washington’s approach to counteracting what it sees as Beijing’s efforts to increase its military power by using technology from Chinese firms, universities and research programmes.
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businesses it says work with China’s military
So for the battery company, is the work… selling them batteries? Like, is this list supposed to be a list of companies actually directly performing military work for the CCP, or just vendors?
Also, unless they’re in violation of e.g. the ban on use of forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang (like tons of US companies have been caught being), why would they be sanctioned? We’re not at war with China, nor actively sanctioning their military just for existing.
Takes one to know one, US government. Nobody trusts you either.
If the US government didn’t work with the US military that would be crazy
I mean, they know US companies already work with the US military. That’s why they assume the Chinese companies also do.
Like Google providing US military equipment to Israel.
