US Adds Chinese Supercomputing Entities to Trade Blacklist Over Chinese Military Ties

US Adds Chinese Supercomputing Entities to Trade Blacklist Over Chinese Military Ties
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks as White House press secretary Jen Psaki looks on during a daily press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on April 7, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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The U.S. Commerce Department said on April 8 that it was adding seven Chinese supercomputing entities to a U.S. economic blacklist for assisting Chinese military efforts.

The department is adding Tianjin Phytium Information Technology, Shanghai High-Performance Integrated Circuit Design Center, Sunway Microelectronics, the National Supercomputing Center Jinan, the National Supercomputing Center Shenzhen, the National Supercomputing Center Wuxi, and the National Supercomputing Center Zhengzhou to its blacklist.