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The United States is adding four Chinese companies to an export blacklist for seeking to acquire AI chips for China’s military, a US official said on Wednesday. The companies are Linkzol (Beijing) Technology Co, Xi’an Like Innovative Information Technology Co, Beijing Anwise Technology Co and Sitonholy (Tianjin) Co.

The companies are among 11 additions to the Commerce Department Entity List posted by the government on Wednesday. Suppliers need licences, likely to be denied, to ship goods and technology to companies on the list.

The United States also restricted exports to five companies that it said were helping produce and procure drones for use by Russia in Ukraine and by Iran-backed Houthis in Red Sea shipping attacks.

Russia has intensified its drone and missile strikes against Ukrainian energy facilities in recent weeks, causing significant damage and threatening a repeat of the blackouts experienced in the first year after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

In addition, the Commerce Department added China’s Jiangxi Xintuo Enterprise Co to the list for supporting Russia’s military through the procurement, development, and proliferation of Russian drones.

Another Chinese company, Shenzhen Jiasibo Technology Co, was added for being part of a network procuring aerospace components, including drone applications, for an aircraft company in Iran. Three Russian entities – Aerosila JSC SPE, Delta-Aero LLC, and JSC ODK-Star – were added for being part of that network.

The two United Arab Emirates citations, Khalaj Trading LLC and Mahdi Khalaj Amirhosseini, were added for apparently violating Iran sanctions by exporting or trying to export items from the United States to Iran through UAE,.

Companies are added to the US Entity List when Washington deems them a threat to US national security or foreign policy.

Editor：Vicky

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