US President Joe Biden’s administration has just added 37 more Chinese organizations to the trade restrictions list, including companies suspected of supporting spy balloons that flew over US airspace last year, causing officials to Relations between Beijing and Washington are more tense.
The US Department of Commerce has included a number of units of China Electronics Technology Group on the above list, accused of copying US technology to develop China’s quantum technology capabilities. The US believes that this could have serious consequences for US national security because it could have military applications.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington called this decision “an act of economic oppression and blatant bullying in the technology sector”, and vowed to resolutely protect the legitimate rights of companies and organizations. Chinese officials.
A jet plane flies past a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating off the coast of Surfside, South Carolina, USA. Photo: Reuters
The decision shows that Washington continues to punish Beijing for the hot air balloon flying over US airspace in February 2023, suspected of having spying purposes. The incident caused anger in Washington, leading to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceling his visit to Beijing immediately afterward.
Last February, the US Department of Commerce placed five Chinese companies and a research institute on the restricted list for “supporting efforts to modernize the Chinese military, specifically aerospace programs, like developing airplanes and hot air balloons.
The trade restrictions list, also known as the entity list, is used by the US to limit advanced technology from falling into the hands of China, with concerns that Beijing could use them to strengthen its military capabilities. the.
Also on May 9, the US put a number of Chinese organizations on the restricted list because of their efforts to buy components to manufacture drones to serve the Chinese military and other countries, thereby causing can be shipped to Russia.
Ha Ngoc
Theo Reuters