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EFE / Washington16 dic. 2021
The United States Department of the United States announced sanctions against eight Chinese technology companies for the role they play in the repression against the Uigur -most Muslim population- and other ethnic and religious minorities by the Chinese government.
La Oficina para el Control de Activos Extranjeros del Tesoro estadounidense informó en un comunicado que estas ocho compañías apoyaron "de forma activa" Surveillance and biometric monitoring to the Uigures in the autonomous region of Xinjiang.
As a consequence of sanctions, No American citizen can buy or sell shares in these companies, What closes access to US financing.
Among the sanctioned firms is the largest world manufacturer of commercial drones, Sz dji technology, for providing flying robots to the Public Security Office of Xinjiang that were used to monitor the Uigures.
The rest of the sanctioned companies are Cloudwalk Technology, Dawning Information Industry, Leon Technology Company Limited, Megvii Technology Limited, Netposa Technologies Limited, Xiamen Meiya Pico Information Yitu Limited.
Todas estas compañías pasan a formar parte de la lista de "firmas del complejo militar-industrial chino" of the US government, in which others already appear 60 companies.
"La acción de hoy demuestra cómo las empresas privadas del sector de la tecnología y la defensa cooperan de forma activa con los esfuerzos del Gobierno chino por reprimir a los miembros de grupos minoritarios étnicos o religiosos", The Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence indicated, Brian Nelson.
Also this Thursday, The US Trade Department of Industry and Safety. included a 31 Chinese institutions and companies, among which the Academy of Military Medical Sciences and 11 of your research centers, to its black list of entities with which it prohibits the export of American technology.
In a statement, señaló que añade estas organizaciones a la llamada lista negra para "responder a las amenazas a la seguridad nacional de EE.UU. que suponen los esfuerzos de la República Popular China para desarrollar biotecnología con fines militares y de abusos de los derechos humanos".
