The US has added Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, internet search provider Baidu, and car makers BYD and NIO to a list of companies it believes are aiding Beijing's military, in a move that could inflame tensions between the countries.
The long-awaited update supersedes a list from early 2025, and comes less than a month after President Donald Trump met China's Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing, where the two leaders maintained a delicate trade war truce.
China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the list was discriminatory and "unreasonably suppressed" Chinese companies, urging the US to "correct its mistaken practices".
