Published on
09/06/2026 - 14:06 GMT+2
The Pentagon has added Alibaba, BYD and Baidu to its list of Chinese military companies, barring them from US defence contracts, considered a significant expansion of a designation that now reaches deep into China's civilian tech sector.
The list, updated and published Monday, has grown to 188 Chinese entities, up from 134 last year.
It now includes prominent non-state-owned companies not traditionally associated with defence or security, reflecting growing wariness in Washington of Beijing's strategy of tapping civilian businesses for military purposes.
