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BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� China protested Wednesday after the U.S. added dozens of companies to its export control list, including more than 50 based in China that it says sought advanced knowhow in supercomputing, artificial intelligence and quantum technology for military purposes.

Companies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates also were included in the roughly 80 companies added to the 鈥渆ntity list鈥� of the Commerce Department鈥檚 Bureau of Industry and Security.

Six are subsidiaries of the Inspur Group, China鈥檚 leading cloud computing and big data service provider. It was listed in the U.S. government鈥檚 entity list in 2023.

also includes the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, which objected vehemently.

鈥淲e are shocked that a private non-profit scientific research institution has been added to the entity list. We strongly oppose this wrong decision without any factual basis and ask the relevant U.S. departments to withdraw it,鈥� the research institute said in a statement.

A review committee said the BAAI and another company, the Beijing Innovation Wisdom Technology Co. were judged to have developed large AI models and advanced computer chips for military purposes.

China’s Foreign Ministry also lashed back, saying the entity list and other export controls were an abuse meant to 鈥渦njustly suppress Chinese enterprises.鈥�

鈥淚t seriously violates international law and basic norms of international relations, severely damages the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, and undermines the security and stability of global supply chains. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this,鈥� ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a routine news briefing Wednesday.

The aim is to restrict China鈥檚 capacity to acquire and develop ultra fast, or 鈥渆xascale鈥� supercomputers, to develop hypersonic weapons and other sensitive technologies, the bureau said in a notice on its website. It also is intended to prevent South Africa鈥檚 Test Flying Academy from using U.S. goods to train Chinese troops, disrupt Iran鈥檚 access to unmanned aerial vehicles and other military items and hinder development of insecure nuclear and ballistic missile programs, it said.

The companies on the list are subject to the 鈥渇oreign direct product rule鈥� of the BIS which allows it to control reexports and transfers of foreign-made products containing technology that the U.S. government deems vital for national security.

The tightening of controls comes as the Trump administration prepares for another round of tariff hikes due next week, an escalation of the trade war that President Donald Trump launched during his first term in office.

Trump has already raised tariffs on imports of Chinese goods to 20%. On Monday he said he would impose a 25% tariff on all imports from any country that buys oil or gas from Venezuela. China buys a large share of the oil exported by Venezuela.

China has retaliated with its own countermeasures, including sweeping new duties on a variety of American goods and an anti-monopoly investigation into Google.

It also has moved to tighten its own sanctions regime, meanwhile, with a law enabling it to freeze assets of companies subject to Chinese sanctions.