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Pentagon adds Chinese firms to military list, then withdraws filing

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by Xinmei Shen,Khushboo Razdan,Vincent ChowFebruary 13, 2026 at 05:36 PM
Pentagon adds Chinese firms to military list, then withdraws filing
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The US Department of Defense added a range of Chinese companies to its list of firms with alleged links to the military, including Alibaba Group Holding, Baidu, and BYD. The updated designation also includes biotech, AI, drone, and semiconductor sector firms such as WuXi AppTec and RoboSense Technology. However, Chinese memory chip manufacturers Yangtze Memory Technologies and ChangXin Memory Technologies were removed from the list. The document was withdrawn from the Federal Register on Friday morning after an agency request for removal. The Pentagon declined to comment on the move, citing no further announcements at this time. The addition of these firms to the list escalates tensions between Beijing and Washington ahead of US President Donald Trump's anticipated trip to China.

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ChangXin Memory Technologies 40% Yangtze Memory Technologies 40% South China Morning Post 50% RoboSense Technology 50% WuXi AppTec 50% BYD 60% Baidu 60% Donald Trump ×270% Alibaba Group Holding 70% Pentagon ×280% United States ×290% China ×290%

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us-china relations 90% pentagon 80% military list 80% chinese companies 70% trump administration 60% military-civil fusion 60% alibaba 50% technology 50% baidu 40% byd 40%

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