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US blacklists Chinese companies for developing brain control weapons. Photo/Illustration
Chinese institutions and companies were added to the US Treasury’s ‘Entity List’, joining more than 260 other Chinese businesses – including smartphone giant Huawei – already on the list. Placement on the list prohibits these companies from buying technology from the US without Washington’s express permission.
Among the listed entities are the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS) and its 11 research institutes. In an entry to the Federal Register published, the Biden administration claims that these agencies use biotechnological processes to support China’s military, and claims to have developed brain control weaponry.
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“The scientific pursuit of biotechnology and medical innovation can save lives. Unfortunately, the PRC chose to use this technology to pursue control over its people and its suppression of members of minority ethnic and religious groups,” Trade Minister Gina Raimondo wrote in a statement. Russia Today, Friday (17/12/2021).
Raimondi was referring to alleged human rights violations by the People’s Republic of China against Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province.
Four other companies were added to the list for their support of China’s military modernization, while five additional companies were added for allegedly trying to acquire US technology to aid the Chinese military.
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The Federal Register entry does not go into further detail about China’s alleged “brain control weaponry,” nor does it specify which AMMS agency is behind this alleged weaponry.
The Biden administration has largely continued former President Donald Trump’s antagonistic stance toward Beijing. While Biden has not imposed new tariffs on Chinese goods, he has not removed the tariffs imposed by Trump. Additionally, the Biden administration has continued to target China’s tech sector with sanctions, broadening its Trump-era ban on American investment in companies working with the Chinese military, and weighing sanctions on the country’s largest semiconductor producer.
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