US Imposes Sanctions on 6 Chinese Firms Over Spy Balloon Programs

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The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities it found to have aided Beijingโ€™s surveillance balloon programs in the wake of one such balloon that floated over the United States for a week gathering intelligence.

In a statement issued on Feb. 10, the Commerce Department identified five companies and a research institute involved in efforts to support โ€œaerospace programs including airships and balloons and related materials and componentsโ€ for the Chinese military, also known as the Peopleโ€™s Liberation Army (PLA).

The measure will restrict U.S. companies from selling products and technologies to the firms without first seeking government permission.

โ€œThe Commerce Department will not hesitate to continue to use the Entity List and our other regulatory and enforcement tools to protect U.S. national security and sovereignty,โ€ said Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves. He described the entity list as โ€œa powerful tool for identifying and cutting off actors that seek to use their access to global markets to do harm and threaten American national security.โ€

The spectacle of a high-altitude balloon intruding into U.S. airspace twice and traversing across the country for a week has ignited outrage in Washington and renewed focus on the threat the Chinese regime poses to the United States and its allies.

Sinceย downing the balloonย on Feb. 4, officials have revealed it to be a spying program spanning 40 countries across five continents. The latest discovery from the debris recovery includes the balloonโ€™sย ability to collectย electronic communications. On Feb. 10, the administration said a U.S. military jetย shot down anotherย โ€œhigh-altitude objectโ€ of unknown origin that was flying over Alaska at 40,000 feet.ย  โ€‹โ€‹

The six entities include Beijing Nanjiang Aerospace Technology; China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 48th Research Institute; Dongguan Lingkong Remote Sensing Technology; Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology Group and its Shanxi branch; Shanxi Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology Group; as well as Guangzhou Tian-Hai-Xiang Aviation Technology.

Byย Eva Fu

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