Пентагон внёс Alibaba, Baidu и BYD в военный чёрный список Китая

U.S. PENTAGON ADDS ALIBABA, BAIDU AND BYD TO CHINESE MILITARY BLACKLIST

Источник: https://harryr.substack.com/p/us-pentagon-adds-alibaba-baidu-and

By Cliff Reece

The U.S. Pentagon has flagged a list of prominent Chinese firms it believes are supporting the Chinese military, including e-commerce marketplace Alibaba, internet giant Baidu, and electric carmaker BYD.

The designation prevents the Pentagon from procuring from the listed firms.

Published on June 10, the list covers a broad range of industries including artificial intelligence (AI), solar, biotech, and electric battery manufacturing.

The determination came approximately three weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump visited Beijing for the USA–China summit.

The notice describes each of the three Chinese firms as a “military-civil fusion contributor” to the Chinese defense industrial base, a term that refers to the regime’s aggressive national strategy that integrates civil and commercial entities into military modernization.

The filing is made under the National Defense Authorization Act, which requests the Secretary of War to identify and publish an annual list on Chinese military-linked companies until 2030.

Although the designation serves mainly to alert the public and private sectors on the firms’ national security risks and will not result in immediate sanctions, the move bars the Pentagon from entering into or renewing contracts with them for goods, services, or technology.

It also prevents the department from indirectly procuring from the listed companies through third-party sellers.

The Deputy Secretary of War determined that the listed entities are engaged in commercial services, manufacturing, producing, or exporting, and that they operate directly or indirectly in the United States.

The list has expanded since early 2025, with notable additions including wireless gear provider TP-Link; pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec; AI-driven robotics company RoboSense Technology; the CALB Group, a partially state-owned company and fourth-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer globally; and Hangzhou Yushu Technology, a leading Chinese robotics company also known as Unitree Robotics.

Men interact with a Baidu AI robot at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing The updated list includes two solar firms, JA Solar Technology and Trina Solar, and several semi-conductor and AI-related companies.

These include Tianma Microelectronics, which makes advanced microelectronics display panels; semiconductor display technology leader BOE Technology Group; and Zhongji Innolight, the world’s top producer of optical transceivers that are critical for AI centres.

The Pentagon said any listed entity can appeal the decision by submitting supporting evidence for review.

Several firms on the list have drawn alarm from U.S. Congress in recent years.

In December, nine lawmakers wrote to the Pentagon, listing more than a dozen companies they said have been contributing to “modernization, internal-security operations, and power-projection capabilities” of China’s People’s Liberation Army.

Congressman John Moolenaar, one of the nine and chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said the updated Pentagon list is “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,” he said in a statement.

“American companies must stop doing business with these threats to our national security, otherwise they are enabling China’s military ascendance.”

Given this important decision by the U.S. government, what is the Albanese government’s position on this issue?

Will it replicate their action in relation to these organisations - or will it just sit idly by and do nothing to protect our country from Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infiltration?

Thanks to Eva Fu writing in The Epoch Times together with CarsGuide, Reuters/Florence Lo and Mirror Online for the images.