A military vehicle armed with a DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missile participates in a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on October 1, 2019.
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The Biden administration on Thursday said it was “severely” restricting dozens of organizations, mostly in China, including at least one chip maker, for trying to use advanced technology to help modernize China’s military. rice field.
The 36 entities face “stringent licensing requirements” that prevent access to certain U.S.-produced goods, software and technology, including artificial intelligence and advanced computing. said in a press release.
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The Secretariat’s latest action comes more than two months after the Biden administration imposed new restrictions on China’s access to advanced semiconductors.
The new designation also targets Russian-linked entities that support Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, the agency said.
Alan Estevez, undersecretary of commerce for industry and security, said at a press conference that the action “will leverage artificial intelligence, advanced computing, and other powerful commercial technologies for military modernization and human rights violations.” He said he would protect America’s national security by curbing government capacity. release.
Estevez said, “This work, as well as our efforts to detect and thwart Russia’s attempts to acquire items, technology and other items necessary for its brutal war against Ukraine, including Iran. will continue,” he said.
One of the companies added to the so-called entity list was Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC). YMTC is a major Chinese chipmaker that was previously added to the US Unverified List, another trade restriction designation.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) said in a statement Thursday morning, “I am not aware of the serious consequences behind YMTC and other Chinese Communist Party-backed technology companies such as CXMT and SMIC. We have long sounded the alarm about national security and economic threats.
“Because the YMTC poses an imminent threat to our national security, the Biden administration needed to act quickly to prevent the YMTC from gaining even an inch of military or economic advantage.
Thursday’s press release specified that 30 groups have been added to the Entity List for activities related to their efforts to obtain U.S. material to bolster China’s military modernization. Four more were added because of the “substantial risk of engaging in activities that could adversely affect” U.S. national security foreign policy, according to a release.
Another group was added for alleged involvement in China’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim groups in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and for helping Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps obtain US goods. .
The Biden administration also said it would lift some restrictions on a total of 25 Chinese companies that have successfully passed U.S. checks to ensure their exports are being used in the alleged manner.
