Pentagon Blacklists New Chinese Tech Firms Linked to Chinese Military

Updating the list is ‘an important continuing effort in highlighting and countering’ the Chinese regime’s military-civil fusion strategy, the pentagon said.

Visitors speak to military personnel next to models of military vehicles manufactured by a Chinese company at an international exhibition in Villepinte, near Paris on June 11, 2018. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images

The Pentagon on Jan. 31 added over a dozen Chinese tech firms to its backlist of companies with ties to the Chinese military.

Among new companies added include memory chip maker YMTC, artificial intelligence company Megvii, drone maker Chengdu JOUAV, lidar maker Hesai Technology, and tech company NetPosa, according to the Department of Defense (DOD).