The reason why Xiaomi was sanctioned by the United States was revealed, it was because...

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On January 14 this year, just before the change of government, the US Department of Defense added nine Chinese companies to the so-called "military-related blacklist", including my country's mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi Group.

Nearly two months later, the Wall Street Journal revealed in a report on March 6 that a legal document from the US Department of Defense showed that the reason why the United States blacklisted Xiaomi Group was partly because the group's president and CEO Lei Jun was commended by the Chinese government in 2019.

In the document, the US Department of Defense claimed that considering this commendation and Xiaomi's "ambitious investment plans" in advanced technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence, the US Department of Defense has sufficient reasons to put Xiaomi Group on the "military-related blacklist."

According to public information, in 2019, the Central United Front Work Department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other departments jointly carried out the "Fifth National Selection and Commendation Activity for Outstanding Non-public Economic Persons Builders of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics", and Lei Jun was one of the 100 recipients.

On January 29 this year, Xiaomi Group, which was "blacklisted" by the United States, filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Defense and the Treasury Department. According to reports, this legal document is the US Department of Defense's response to the lawsuit, which was not reported by the media before it was made public last week. This document reveals for the first time the specific "reasons" why the US Department of Defense put a company on the blacklist.

At the beginning of this year, the Trump administration, whose term was about to end, staged its "final madness". In addition to the US Department of Defense adding 9 Chinese companies to the "military-related blacklist", the US Department of Commerce also included China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in the Entity List and Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment Co., Ltd. (Skyrizon) in the "military end user" (MEU) list under the pretext of alleged threats to "US national security."

As soon as it was unreasonably suppressed by the United States, Xiaomi Group issued an announcement stating that the company has always insisted on operating legally and in compliance with relevant laws and regulations in the place of operation, and its services and products are all for civilian or commercial use.

In response to the US's unprovoked addition of Chinese companies to the "military-related blacklist", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian emphasized on January 15 that the relevant actions of the US go against the historical trend, violate the market competition principles and international economic and trade rules that it has always advocated, interfere with normal economic, trade and investment cooperation between China and the US, undermine the confidence of foreign companies to invest in the United States, and will ultimately harm the interests of American companies and investors. This is another example of some Americans harming others without benefiting themselves.

yang_alex

It's just an excuse, don't take it seriously. Without this excuse, they will find other excuses. The fundamental purpose is to suppress Chinese companies that are more competitive than American companies.

copland

America is a big gangster!!!

yanbao

If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext. The old American way of doing things

lihuanyang

The Americans are talking nonsense. Is it wrong for entrepreneurs to be honored by the government? If the Chinese government treats American bosses in the same way, then American bosses will have no business. Yuan Longping has also been honored by the Chinese government, so why do the Americans want Yuan to be a member of the US National Academy of Sciences?

led2015

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp. In fact, when the small fish are eaten, don’t feel wronged. Think about the pain of the shrimp first.