US adds Chinese supercomputing groups to its Entity List

by Jon Grevatt

The United States has added seven Chinese supercomputing enterprises to its trading blacklist over their alleged involvement in developing military systems for People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

The move is the first by the Joe Biden administration to restrict China’s efforts to modernise its military through its military civil fusion (MCF) strategy.

The US Department of Commerce said on 8 April that its Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added the Chinese supercomputing organisations to the ‘Entity List’ for conducting activities that are “contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the US”.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/us-adds-chinese-supercomputing-groups-to-its-entity-list

The United States has added seven Chinese supercomputing enterprises to its trading blacklist over t...

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