Trump administration blacklists dozens of Chinese entities over human rights, military allegations
The United States Commerce Department on Saturday said that it would add as many as 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for aiding Beijing spy on China’s Muslim minority groups or for their alleged ties to China's military.The blacklisting came as Communist Party rulers in Beijing on Friday unveiled details of a plan to impose national security laws on Hong Kong.The Trump Administration named nine entities for complicity in alleged human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in western China.The list included seven companies that assist Beijing in high-technology surveillance in the region, the Commerce Department said in a statement.Separately, the Department targeted 24 Chinese commercial and government entities based in China, Hong Kong, and t...