US blacklists seven Chinese supercomputer centres over weapons concerns


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Washington DC [US], April 9 : The United States on Thursday restricted trade with top Chinese supercomputing centres, as these capabilities can be used for the development of modern weapons and national security systems. "Commerce implements new export controls on China, adding 7 Chinese entities to the Entity List in response to their involvement with China's military, its destabilizing military modernization efforts, and/or its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program," US Department of Commerce tweeted. The seven centres were put on the US government's entity list, which means they require special permission for exports and imports from the United States,...