Pentagon labels more Chinese companies as military in nature
The Pentagon on Monday added a number of well-known Chinese businesses to a list of companies it identifies as military in nature, including some of the country’s largest internet, battery, science and shipping firms.

The additions to the Defense Department’s list of “Chinese military companies" reflects its assessment that China fuses commercial and military technology. Beijing aims “to strengthen all [China’s] instruments of national power by melding aspects of its economic, military, and social governance," as the Pentagon put it in a threat assessment published last month. The report cited efforts to harness advanced artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology and integrated circuits for military means.