U.S. crackdown targets China's quantum computing, navigation tech

Fresh additions to Entity List threaten Beijing's tech ambitions

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The U.S. and China are increasingly at odds over technology. (File photo by Reuters) 

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Quantum computing companies, memory chipmakers and suppliers of navigation chips are among the Chinese businesses hit by the latest U.S. blacklisting action, in a sign that Beijing's tech ambitions remain in Washington's crosshairs as tensions between the two countries rise.

The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday added eight Chinese companies and state-backed research organizations to its so-called Entity List, which restricts their access to American technologies, citing national security concerns.

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