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How will the Pentagon’s expanded blacklist of Chinese firms affect Xi’s US visit?

The Pentagon’s newly expanded blacklist of Chinese military-linked companies has tested the fragile stability reached at last month’s summit, highlighting that intense competition persists despite…

By Samantha Johnson / June 10, 2026
The Pentagon’s newly expanded blacklist of Chinese military-linked companies has tested the fragile stability reached at last month’s summit, highlighting that intense competition persists despite recent efforts to ease bilateral tensions.

On Monday, the US Defence Department released its updated Section 1260H list as required by American law, expanding the roster to 188 entities, up from 134 last year. Many of China’s technology and industrial giants were targeted.

E-commerce giant Alibaba, internet search provider Baidu, and carmakers BYD and Nio were put on the list of entities that Washington says help China’s military.

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The list also included pharmaceutical firm Wuxi AppTec, robot maker Unitree, networking equipment company TP-Link, solar firms JA Solar Technology and Trina Solar, and battery producers CALB and EVE Energy.

Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. “There’s no basis to conclude that Alibaba should be placed on the Section 1260H List,” it said in an emailed response to the SCMP.

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China’s foreign ministry blasted the Pentagon’s “discriminatory” move, with ministry spokesman Lin Jian saying on Tuesday that Beijing “firmly opposes the US overstretching the concept of national security and formulating various types of discriminatory lists to go after Chinese businesses”.

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