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Pentagon Names 20 Chinese Firms It Says Are Military-Controlled

Huawei, Hikvision and Panda Electronics are on the list
Relations with China have become a U.S. election-year issue

Public surveillance cameras are mounted to a pole in front of Huawei Technologies Co.'s flagship store in Shanghai, China. — Public surveillance cameras are mounted to a pole in front of Huawei Technologies Co.'s flagship store in Shanghai, China.
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By Anthony Capaccio and Jenny Leonard

June 24, 2020 at 5:51 PM EDT

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June 25, 2020 at 12:14 AM EDT

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The Pentagon unveiled a list of companies it says are owned or controlled by China’s military, opening them to increased scrutiny in the latest spat between the world’s biggest economies.

The 20 companies included Huawei Technologies Co. and Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., as well as a number of state-run enterprises. In letters to lawmakers dated June 24, the Pentagon said it was providing a list of “Communist Chinese military companies operating in the United States,” which was first requested in the fiscal 1999 defense policy law.

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