Jun 09, 2026

This week, the Pentagon updated its so-called "list of Chinese military companies," placing 188 Chinese entities on the roster. Ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), e-commerce platforms, electric vehicles, batteries, semiconductors, and robotics to biopharmaceuticals, the scope keeps expanding. This increasingly absurd farce marks yet another escalation of the US side's unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises, and also a blatant provocation to global trade and market rules. Notably, this year's list has "kept pace with the times," precisely targeting a large number of leading enterprises in China's high-end manufacturing and emerging technology sectors, making it look more and more like a "roll of honor" for China's new quality productive forces.

The absurdity of this "military companies blacklist" lies first in its arbitrary criteria and flawed logic. An e-commerce platform, a search engine, or a new energy vehicle company - none of which has any connection to the military - can be labeled as "supporting China's military" or "threatening US national security" simply because they have made progress in fields such as AI, cloud computing, or battery technology. At its core, this represents a presumption of guilt stemming from the logic of "being targeted simply for possessing valuable assets." Simply put, any Chinese tech firm with global competitiveness is arbitrarily labeled as having "military links," and this alone is deemed sufficient justification for the Pentagon to impose, or threaten to impose, unilateral sanctions. 

If this logic were applied consistently, would a company like Coca-Cola - having developed advanced models to analyze global consumer tastes - also be deemed a "threat to other countries' national security"? And how many countries, then, should place those US tech giants - who hold massive contracts with the US Department of Defense and whose executives frequently pass through the "revolving door" - on their own lists of "threats to national security"? This bandit logic, which tolerates technological leadership only for itself while denying others the right to develop, is an undisguised double standard. It exposes a deeply rooted hegemonic mind-set and constitutes a direct violation of international norms of fairness.

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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202606/1363173.shtml