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US sanctions 23 more Chinese companies for suspected Xinjiang abuses, military and business ties

  • 14 companies are ‘implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass detention and surveillance’
  • Moves are the latest targeting the human rights situation in Xinjiang and China’s military build-up, which the US views as a threat to global stability

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Security guards stand at the gates of what is officially called a “vocational skills education centre” in Xinjiang. Photo: Reuters
Jacob Fromerin Washington
The Biden administration added another 23 Chinese companies to its trade blacklist on Friday – 14 over their role in suspected human rights abuses in the country’s far-west Xinjiang region, five for their ties to China’s military, and another four for doing business with other firms that had already been sanctioned by the US.
It was the latest move from Washington targeting China over the human rights situation in Xinjiang and China’s military build-up, viewed in the US capital as a threat to global stability.
“The Department of Commerce remains firmly committed to taking strong, decisive action to target entities that are enabling human rights abuses in Xinjiang or that use US technology to fuel China’s destabilising military modernisation efforts,” said US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
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“We will continue to aggressively use export controls to hold governments, companies and individuals accountable,” she said.

Last month, the US added to its Entity List Chinese companies that produce polysilicon, a key ingredient in solar panels. Reports have linked Xinjiang’s polysilicon to forced labour in the region. Photo: Xinhua
Last month, the US added to its Entity List Chinese companies that produce polysilicon, a key ingredient in solar panels. Reports have linked Xinjiang’s polysilicon to forced labour in the region. Photo: Xinhua
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China dismisses accusations of genocide and forced labour in Xinjiang and says its policies are necessary to stamp out separatists and religious extremists who plotted attacks and stirred up tension between mostly Muslim ethnic Uygurs and Han, China’s largest ethnic group.

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