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US puts Alibaba, BYD and Baidu on Chinese military blacklist

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 569 words · By Una Hajdari
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The Pentagon has added 188 Chinese companies to its military blacklist — its biggest ever expansion — in a move that targets household names far beyond the defence sector.

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What happened

The Pentagon has added 188 Chinese companies to its military blacklist — its biggest ever expansion — in a move that targets household names far beyond the defence sector.

Why it matters

The Pentagon has added Alibaba, BYD and Baidu to its list of Chinese military companies, barring them from US defence contracts, considered a significant expansion of a designation that now reaches deep into China's civilian tech sector.

Common ground

The list, updated and published Monday, has grown to 188 Chinese entities, up from 134 last year.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Pentagon has added 188 Chinese companies to its military blacklist”
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Multiple web search results from different sources confirm that the Department of Defense (Pentagon) identified 188 entities for the most recent 1260H list.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From January 28 to February 4, 2023, a high-altitude balloon originating from China flew across North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. On February…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chinese_balloon_incident
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China was a defense pact signed between the United States and Nationalist China (Taiwan) effective from 1955 to 1979. It was int…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Defense_Treaty_between_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States government applies economic sanctions against certain institutions and key members of the government of the People's Republic of China and its ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions_agains…
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Claim 2: “Unitree, whose dancing robots impressed Simon Cowell on NBC's America's Got Talent.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the appearance of Unitree robots on America's Got Talent.
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Claim 3: “The Pentagon has added Alibaba, BYD and Baidu to its list of Chinese military companies”
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Cross-references from CNBC and web search results confirm that Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu were added to the list.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Baidu, Inc. ( BY-doo; Chinese: 百度; pinyin: Bǎidù; lit. 'hundred degrees') is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet services and artificial intelligence. It holds a domina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alibaba Group Holding Limited, branded as Alibaba (), is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology. Founded on 28 June 1999 in Hangzhou, Z…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibaba_Group
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BYD Company Limited or BYD (Chinese: 比亚迪; pinyin: Bǐyàdí) is a Chinese multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is a vertically integrated company with …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_Company
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Claim 4: “Created in 2021 by a congressional mandate, the list identifies Chinese companies the Pentagon considers to have links to the Chinese military”
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Web search results confirm the list identifies non-state-owned Chinese companies with ties to the military, and the '1260H' designation refers to a specific statutory/congressional requirement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China is the second-ranked constituent department under the State Council. It is headed by the Minister of National Defense. The Ministry w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defense_(…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China was a defense pact signed between the United States and Nationalist China (Taiwan) effective from 1955 to 1979. It was int…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Defense_Treaty_between_…
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Claim 5: “the Pentagon said the tech giant [Alibaba] helps boost China's defence industrial base because of its affiliation with the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.”
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Both Al Jazeera and other web search results confirm the Pentagon's claim that Alibaba is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
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web search NEUTRAL — Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mb_convert_encoding() in /home/app/fs-0ccddc0d62a282cb0/alibaba/index.php:20 Stack trace: #0 /home/app/fs-0ccddc0d62a282cb0/alibaba/index.php(79…
https://graphics.wsj.com/alibaba/
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web search NEUTRAL — While the list has long included People’s Liberation Army academies and universities closely associated with China’s defence industry, its expansion to Fudan, Shanghai Jiao Tong and other prominent ci…
https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3361647/pentag…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon update came months after it briefly released — then withdrew — an earlier version of the list without explanation.The companies targeted also cover some of China’s key tech giants involve…
https://arynews.tv/pentagon-claims-alibaba-baidu-tech-firms-…
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Claim 6: “Among the other additions is Chinese robotics company Unitree”
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Al Jazeera and other sources confirm that Unitree Robotics was among the additions to the list.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hangzhou Yushu Technology Co., Ltd., doing business as Unitree Robotics, is a robotics company based in Hangzhou, China. Founded by Wang Xingxing in May 2016, Unitree initially specialized in quadrupe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitree_Robotics
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web search NEUTRAL — Unitree Robotics is the global high-performance quadrupedal robot industry pioneer, the global quadrupedal robot industry applications of the leader. It has been invited to participate in the 2021 CCT…
https://www.unitree.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — [10] Please visit Unitree Robotics Website for more related terms and policies, and comply with local laws and regulations.
https://www.unitree.com/R1/
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Claim 7: “The Pentagon said BYD and Baidu are affiliated with the same ministry [Ministry of Industry and Information Technology]”
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Al Jazeera and other web search results confirm that BYD and Baidu were also designated as affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon designated Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu as affiliated with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which oversees the country's technology and industrial policies. The updated…
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/pentag…
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web search NEUTRAL — In naming Alibaba, the Pentagon said the tech giant helps boost China's defense industrial base because it is affiliated with the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2026/jun/08/pentagon-labels-tec…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pentagon adds Alibaba, BYD, Baidu to list of Chinese military companies on June 9, 2026. List now contains 188 Chinese entities, up from roughly 130 last year. Companies are barred from receiving US d…
https://leksi.co/en/topic/politics-us-blacklists-chinese-tec…
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Claim 8: “The list, updated and published Monday, has grown to 188 Chinese entities, up from 134 last year.”
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Web search results confirm the list grew to 188 entities, and one source specifically mentions it was up from roughly 130 last year, which aligns with the claim of 134.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The East Turkestan independence movement is a political movement that seeks the independence of East Turkestan, a large and sparsely populated region in northwest China, as a nation state for the Uygh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang
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Claim 9: “The list already covered companies such as DJI”
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A web search result citing The New York Times explicitly states that DJI is on the Defense Department list of Chinese military companies.
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Times: DJI is on a Defense Department list of Chinese military companies whose products the U.S. armed forces will be prohibited from purchasing in the future. As part of the defense budg…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/codybernardy_chinas-drones-ar…
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web search NEUTRAL — A review of the current list on the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System website shows that, despite having been last updated on Wednesday, the number of US military personnel killed during Ope…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/pentagon-ser…
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web search NEUTRAL — If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. • Share. Include playlist. An error occurred while retrieving sharing information. Please try again later.
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Claim 10: “The Pentagon said the company [Unitree] 'knowingly received assistance' from the Chinese government through its designation as a small or medium-sized enterprise”
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Claim 11: “Alibaba is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.”
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Wikipedia and official NYSE listings confirm Alibaba's IPO and trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alibaba Group Holding Limited, branded as Alibaba (), is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology. Founded on 28 June 1999 in Hangzhou, Z…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibaba_Group
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the three stock exchanges operating independently in mainland China, the others being the Beiji…
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web search NEUTRAL — On 19 September 2014, Alibaba's American initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange raised US$25 billion, giving the company a market value of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibaba_Group
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