June 24, 2026
Alibaba, the Chinese technology and e-commerce giant, sued the US government on Tuesday over its placement on a list of Chinese businesses that the Department of Defense linked to that country's military.
The complaint was filed in federal court in San Jose, California, after the Pentagon expanded its blacklist of alleged "Chinese military companies" on Jun 8 to 188 entities, reflecting concern that China's military could tap the country's private sector for technological advances.
Alibaba was accused of being a "military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defence industrial base" through an affiliation with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The Pentagon also said Alibaba is indirectly affiliated with China's state asset regulator, known as SASAC.
