[Watch China December 17, 2021]The Biden administration announced on Thursday (December 16) that it assisted the Chinese government in monitoring and violating human rights of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and posing a threat to the national security of the United States. The Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences and its 11 research institutes are included in the list of entities of the Ministry of Commerce that restrict U.S. exports.
The Biden administration has also been identified as “military-related” companies because five other Chinese companies have tried to use or acquire American technology to assist in the modernization of the Chinese military, thereby restricting American investors from investing in these companies.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo pointed out in a press release issued by the Department of Commerce, “Scientific exploration of biotechnology and medical inventions can save lives. Unfortunately, China uses these technologies to control people or Oppression of ethnic minorities and religious groups.”
“We cannot allow U.S. goods, technology, and software that supports medical science and biotechnology inventions to be diverted for purposes that violate U.S. national security,” Raimundo said.
“The United States will continue to strongly oppose China and Iran turning tools that can help mankind to prosper into tools that threaten global security and stability.”
In addition to China, entities in Georgia, Malaysia, and Turkey are also sanctioned by the US Department of Commerce’s Entity List. These entities are accused of “transferring or attempting to transfer US items to Iran’s military program for use.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Department of Treasury included the Chinese artificial intelligence giant SenseTime on the blacklist of the “Chinese military-industrial complex enterprise”, accusing SenseTime of the face recognition technology it will develop, especially the face recognition technology that can identify ethnic minorities, including The facial technology of Uyghurs with beards, glasses or masks is provided to the Chinese government for monitoring Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
After SenseTime was included in the list of “Chinese military-industrial complex companies”, it immediately became a refusal account for American investors. SenseTime therefore issued an official announcement on Monday, withdrawing its original application for an initial public listing (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
After the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences and its 11 research institutes are included in the list of entities, no US company may export any products or technologies to it without special permission from the US government.
The five Chinese companies identified by the US government as “military-related” companies cannot become investment targets for US investors. The five Chinese military-related companies are Huahai Communication Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Hengtong Cable Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Hengtong Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai Aoshi Control Technology Company, and Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable Co., Ltd.
UN human rights experts and human rights groups estimate that in recent years, the Chinese government has used anti-terrorism and de-radicalization as an excuse to put more than 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in re-education camps in Xinjiang, but the Chinese government has always denied that they are in Xinjiang. There are violations of human rights.
An unnamed senior U.S. government official told reporters before the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the latest sanctions, “These actions are part of a broader government effort, and this effort is to deal with the abuse of technology like China to monitor or carry out large-scale activities. The problem of oppressive social control of scale.”
In order to protest against the CCP’s human rights violations in Xinjiang, the Biden administration has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which will begin in February next year, and will not send any official representatives to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, although American athletes are not prohibited from participating.
The White House also expressed support for a Xinjiang-related bill supported by both parties in Congress. This bill will prohibit Xinjiang products from entering the United States unless importers can prove that these products do not involve forced labor.
Editor in charge: Xin He Source: Voice of America
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