The United States blacklisted 34 Chinese entities for human rights violations, brain control weapons
Chinese and US flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China November 16, 2021.
Song Aly | Reuters
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Thursday said it had imposed trade restrictions on more than 30 Chinese research institutes and organizations over human rights violations and alleged development of technology, such as weapons. controlled by the brain, undermining the national security of the United States.
The Ministry of Commerce accused the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences and 11 of its research institutes of using biotechnology “to support the end-uses and end-users of the Chinese military, including weapons.” purposeful brain-controlled gas”, according to a notice in the Federal Register.
The notice did not elaborate further on the alleged brain-controlled weapon.
“The scientific pursuit of biotechnology and medical innovation can save many lives. Unfortunately, the People’s Republic of China is choosing to use these technologies in pursuit of people’s control and flexibility. their oppression against members of ethnic and religious minorities,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo wrote in a statement referring to the People’s Republic of China and human rights abuses in the country. Xinjiang region far west of China.
Foreign Office previously described abuse of Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities as in the Xinjiang region are “widespread, state-sponsored forced labor” and “mass detention.”
Earlier this month, the White House announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing “the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and human rights violations”. other rights.”
Beijing denies that it has abused religion and ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
The Ministry of Commerce has added four more Chinese corporations to the Entity List because of their role in modernizing China’s military, which runs counter to China’s foreign policy and national security interests. America.
The ministry also added five other Chinese companies for allegedly “acquiring or attempting to purchase technology from the United States to help modernize the People’s Liberation Army.”
American officials have long complained that China’s intellectual property theft has cost the economy billions of dollars in revenue and thousands of jobs. They also say it threatens national security. Meanwhile, Beijing insists that it does not engage in intellectual property theft.
The Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
The Commerce Department has also taken action against entities in Georgia, Malaysia and Turkey for allegedly “redirecting or attempting to divert US goods to Iranian military programs.”
“Specifically, these entities are part of a network used to supply or attempt to supply Iran with US-origin goods to ultimately provide material support to international industries. Iran’s defenses, in violation of US export controls”.
In total, the Commerce Department has acted against 34 entities in China, three in Georgia, one in Malaysia and two in Turkey.
