Alibaba Sues U.S. Government to Remove It from ‘Chinese Military Company’ List

Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce and technology giant, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in a federal court on Tuesday to request its removal from the “Chinese Military Company” list designated by the Pentagon. The U.S. Department of Defense recently stated that Alibaba’s affiliation with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission contributes to the “civil-military fusion” of China’s defense industry base. Alibaba denies these allegations, asserting that the Pentagon’s decision is “groundless both factually and legally.” The lawsuit was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of…