China said on Friday that it opposes the United States maliciously oppressing Chinese hightech enterprises, and vows to take necessary measures to uphold the legitimate rights and interests of its companies.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remark at a regular news briefing after Washington added seven Chinese supercomputer entities to an economic blacklist for allegedly assisting Chinese military efforts.
The US Commerce Department banned the enterprises from receiving exports from US companies, citing activities contrary to US national security or foreign policy interests.
The previous US administration placed dozens of Chinese companies on the entity list, including telecoms equipment manufacturer Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
End to US mistreatment of Chinese firms urged
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