Alibaba sues Pentagon over Chinese military company label (opens in new tab)

Alibaba filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in federal court in San Jose, California, seeking removal from a Pentagon list that labels it a Chinese military company. The case follows the Defense Department's June 8 expansion of its blacklist; Reuters-syndicated reports said the list grew to 188 entities, while AFP-syndicated reports described a new blacklist of 80 companies and subsidiaries. The Pentagon accused Alibaba of being a "military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defe...