The US Byden administration has invested in more than 40 Chinese high-tech companies and organizations, including the world's largest drone DJI, for being involved in human rights violations and weapons development by the Chinese government. Announced that it will impose sanctions such as banning.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced on the 16th that it will ban investment from the United States for eight Chinese high-tech companies that have face recognition monitoring technology, etc., alleging that they are involved in human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
This includes DJI, the world's largest seller of drones in countries such as Japan, and the Treasury has pointed out that it is providing drones to Uighur oversight authorities.
The Ministry of Commerce also announced on the 16th that it will add 34 Chinese organizations and companies, including biotechnology research institutes, to a list that effectively bans product exports from American companies, saying it is involved in China's weapons development. Did.
While the Biden administration is tightening its squeeze on high-tech companies in China for reasons such as human rights violations, China is strongly opposed and the conflict between the two countries is deepening.