BEIJING -- Three-quarters of companies recently blacklisted by the U.S. over Chinese military activities have dealings with the People's Liberation Army, Nikkei research shows, a sign of the PLA's growing reliance on the private sector under President Xi Jinping's push for "military-civil fusion."
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The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong, shown here in a photo provided by Xinhua News Agency, is a product of Beijing's policy of military-civil fusion. © Kyodo
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