US adds BYD to list of firms with alleged Chinese military ties

The US has added respective large firms from China including exertion elephantine Alibaba and electrical car shaper BYD to a database of companies said to person ties with the Chinese military.

The Department of Defense's database aims to alert American organisations to the risks of doing concern with the Chinese firms, but their inclusion does not mean they are instantly banned.

The Chinese embassy successful the US told the BBC that the database is "discriminatory" and said firms from China person strictly complied with the laws of big countries.

The BBC has contacted respective firms connected the list, including BYD and Baidu. An Alibaba spokesperson said determination is "no basis" for their institution to person been listed.

The Pentagon list, formally known arsenic Section 1260H, includes much than 80 "Chinese subject companies" that are engaged successful providing commercialized services for the US.

Alibaba and BYD were among companies that functioned arsenic a military-civil contributor to Chinese defence operations, according to the list.

Alibaba's spokesperson said the steadfast is "not a Chinese subject institution nor portion of immoderate military-civil fusion strategy."

"We volition instrumentality each disposable ineligible enactment against attempts to misrepresent our company," said the spokesperson.

Other Chinese firms connected the database see hunt motor level Baidu, electrical car marker Nio and craft shaper Comac.

Companies specified arsenic tech giants Tencent and Huawei, drone shaper DJI and artillery shaper CATL, which were added previously, stay connected the list.