China Wants US To Lift Tech Sanctions

BEIJING (AP) — China demanded Monday that Washington withdraw export sanctions imposed on Chinese companies in the latest round of a worsening conflict over technology, security and human rights.

The foreign ministry accused the Trump administration of interfering in China’s affairs by adding eight companies accused of playing roles in a crackdown in its Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang to an export blacklist.

Washington also imposed controls on access to American technology for 24 companies and government-linked entities it said might be involved in obtaining goods with potential military uses.

The US decision “violated basic norms of international relations” and “harmed China ’s interests,” said a ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian.