US Adds Baidu to China Military Blacklist, Blocking Defense Contracts
The Pentagon added Baidu to a Chinese military companies blacklist, barring it from US defense contracts. The update expands a 2021 designation to 188 entities and warns that publicly traded firms on the list should be delisted and avoid US business links. The Pentagon cites Baidu’s affiliation with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which oversees technology and industrial policy.