Pentagon Brands Alibaba, BYD and Baidu ‘Military Companies’ as US-China Tech War Widens (opens in new tab)

The Pentagon formally designated Alibaba, BYD, Baidu, Huawei and other Chinese tech champions as 'military companies' in a list posted to the Federal Register on Monday. It imposes no immediate sanctions but deepens a US-China economic war that treats China's commercial success as a security threat.