Beijing Pushes Back on Pentagon’s Discriminatory List, Threatens Countermeasures as US-China Tensions Rise (opens in new tab)

China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a sharp rebuke of Washington's decision to brand 188 Chinese companies — including Alibaba, Tencent, and BYD — as entities linked to the country's military-industrial complex, with spokesman Lin Jian warning Beijing will take 'necessary measures' to protect Chinese firms. The confrontation lands less than a month after President Trump and President Xi Jinping agreed in Beijing to pursue what both sides called 'strategic stability.'