{"id":3874,"date":"2023-02-11T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3874"},"modified":"2025-10-18T12:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:07:52","slug":"us-blacklists-six-chinese-companies-for-balloon-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/us-blacklists-six-chinese-companies-for-balloon-program\/2023\/02\/11\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"US blacklists six Chinese companies for balloon program"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> has<\/span> blacklisted<\/span> six<\/span> Chinese<\/span> companies<\/span> allegedly<\/span> associated<\/span> with<\/span> Beijing’s<\/span> aerospace<\/span> program<\/span> as<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> retaliation<\/span> for<\/span> Chinese<\/span> spy<\/span> balloons<\/span> allegedly<\/span> crossing<\/span> U.S.<\/span> airspace.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Economic<\/span> restrictions<\/span> announced<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> will<\/span> make<\/span> it<\/span> harder<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> five<\/span> companies<\/span> and<\/span> research<\/span> institutes<\/span> to<\/span> win<\/span> American<\/span> technology<\/span> exports,<\/span> following<\/span> a<\/span> Biden<\/span> administration<\/span> pledge<\/span> to<\/span> consider<\/span> broader<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> counter<\/span> China’s<\/span> surveillance<\/span> activities.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> move<\/span> is<\/span> likely<\/span> to<\/span> further<\/span> escalate<\/span> the<\/span> diplomatic<\/span> confrontation<\/span> between<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> and<\/span> China<\/span> sparked<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> balloon<\/span> that<\/span> was<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> off<\/span> the<\/span> coast<\/span> of<\/span> Carolina<\/span> last<\/span> weekend.<\/span> It<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> the<\/span> ability<\/span> to<\/span> collect<\/span> data,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> Chinese<\/span> government<\/span> claims<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> weather<\/span> ship<\/span> that<\/span> veered<\/span> off<\/span> course.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> incident<\/span> prompted<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Anthony<\/span> Brinken<\/span> to<\/span> abruptly<\/span> cancel<\/span> a<\/span> high-risk<\/span> visit<\/span> to<\/span> Beijing<\/span> to<\/span> defuse<\/span> tensions.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> U.S.<\/span> Bureau<\/span> of<\/span> Industry<\/span> and<\/span> Security<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> six<\/span> entities<\/span> were<\/span> being<\/span> targeted<\/span> for<\/span> \u201ctheir<\/span> support<\/span> to<\/span> China’s<\/span> military<\/span> modernization<\/span> efforts,<\/span> specifically<\/span> the<\/span> People’s<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Army’s<\/span> (PLA)<\/span> aerospace<\/span> programs<\/span> including<\/span> airships<\/span> and<\/span> balloons.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cThe<\/span> PLA<\/span> is<\/span> utilizing<\/span> High<\/span> Altitude<\/span> Balloons<\/span> (HAB)<\/span> for<\/span> intelligence<\/span> and<\/span> reconnaissance<\/span> activities,\u201d<\/span> it<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Deputy<\/span> Secretary<\/span> of<\/span> Commerce<\/span> Don<\/span> Graves<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Twitter<\/span> his<\/span> department<\/span> \u201cwill<\/span> not<\/span> hesitate<\/span> to<\/span> continue<\/span> to<\/span> use\u201d<\/span> such<\/span> restrictions<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> regulatory<\/span> and<\/span> enforcement<\/span> tools<\/span> \u201cto<\/span> protect<\/span> U.S.<\/span> national<\/span> security<\/span> and<\/span> sovereignty.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> six<\/span> entities<\/span> are<\/span> Beijing<\/span> Nanjiang<\/span> Aerospace<\/span> Technology<\/span> Co.,<\/span> China<\/span> Electronics<\/span> Technology<\/span> Group<\/span> Corporation<\/span> 48th<\/span> Research<\/span> Institute,<\/span> Dongguan<\/span> Lingkong<\/span> Remote<\/span> Sensing<\/span> Technology<\/span> Co.,<\/span> Eagles<\/span> Men<\/span> Aviation<\/span> Science<\/span> and<\/span> Technology<\/span> Group<\/span> Co.,<\/span> Guangzhou<\/span> Tian-Hai-Xiang<\/span> Aviation<\/span> Technology<\/span> Co.,<\/span> and<\/span> Shanxi<\/span> Eagles<\/span> Men<\/span> Aviation<\/span> Science<\/span> and<\/span> Technology<\/span> Group<\/span> Co.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> research<\/span> institute<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> immediately<\/span> respond<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> request<\/span> for<\/span> comment.<\/span> The<\/span> other<\/span> five<\/span> entities<\/span> could<\/span> not<\/span> be<\/span> reached.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>On<\/span> Friday,<\/span> a<\/span> U.S.<\/span> military<\/span> fighter<\/span> jet<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> an<\/span> unknown<\/span> object<\/span> flying<\/span> off<\/span> the<\/span> remote<\/span> northern<\/span> coast<\/span> of<\/span> Alaska<\/span> on<\/span> orders<\/span> from<\/span> President<\/span> Joe<\/span> Biden.<\/span> The<\/span> object<\/span> was<\/span> downed<\/span> because<\/span> it<\/span> reportedly<\/span> posed<\/span> a<\/span> threat<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> safety<\/span> of<\/span> civilian<\/span> flights,<\/span> instead<\/span> of<\/span> any<\/span> knowledge<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> engaged<\/span> in<\/span> surveillance.<\/span> But<\/span> the<\/span> two<\/span> incidents<\/span> in<\/span> such<\/span> a<\/span> short<\/span> period<\/span> of<\/span> time<\/span> reflect<\/span> growing<\/span> concerns<\/span> about<\/span> China’s<\/span> surveillance<\/span> program<\/span> and<\/span> public<\/span> pressure<\/span> to<\/span> stand<\/span> firm<\/span> against<\/span> Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEIJING (AP) – The United States has blacklisted six Chinese companies allegedly associated with Beijing’s aerospace program as part of retaliation for Chinese spy balloons allegedly crossing U.S. airspace.\u00a0 Economic restrictions announced on Friday will make it harder for the five companies and research institutes to win American technology exports, following a Biden administration pledge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,24,276,280,2425,9929],"tags":[155,188,960,961,77,128,152],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/USBN.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3878,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3874\/revisions\/3878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}