US set to add more Chinese companies to blacklist over Xinjiang
Al Jazeera
At least 14 Chinese companies are set to be added as early as Friday to the Entity List over reported abuses of Muslim Uighurs.
The Biden administration is set to add more than 10 Chinese companies to its economic blacklist as early as Friday for alleged human rights abuses and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang, two sources told the Reuters news agency. The US Commerce Department action follows the addition of five other companies and other Chinese entities to the blacklist over allegations of forced labour in the far western region of China. The additions to Commerce Department’s Entity List are part of the Biden administration’s efforts to hold China accountable for human rights violations, the sources said.
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