US lists China’s BYD, Alibaba, Baidu as ‘Chinese military companies’
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- Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, condemns designation, calling it ‘discriminatory’.
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- The Pentagon included the firms in an update on Monday that is likely to complicate the fragile detente under way between Washington and Beijing after years of rocky relations.
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Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, condemns designation, calling it ‘discriminatory’.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A visitor walks in front of the Alibaba booth during the China International Supply Chain Expo at the China International Exhibition Centre, in Beijing, on July 18, 2025 [File: Mahesh Kumar A/AP]By John Power Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026The United States has designated Chinese corporate giants Alibaba, BYD and Baidu as companies that support China’s military, expanding its blacklist to some of the country’s best-known commercial brands.
The Pentagon included the firms in an update on Monday that is likely to complicate the fragile detente under way between Washington and Beijing after years of rocky relations.