Blacklisted by U.S., Xiaomi says it's not a 'Communist Chinese military company'

With mere days left in office, the Trump administration has added another Chinese smartphone maker to its list of blacklisted companies. 

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense added Xiaomi to the list of “Communist Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States."

"The Department is determined to highlight and counter the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Military-Civil Fusion development strategy, which supports the modernization goals of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) by ensuring its access to advanced technologies and expertise acquired and developed by even those PRC companies, universities, and research programs that appear to be civilian entities," the statement from the DoD reads.  Read more...

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