US blacklists Chinese chip king SMIC and drone champion DJI

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An operator flies a drone as Chinese maker DJI holds a demonstration to display an app that tracks a drone's registration and owner in Montreal, Canada. © Reuters

CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writer

TAIPEI -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. and DJI, two of China's top tech companies, have been added to a U.S. export control blacklist in a move that ratchets up tension over tech between the Trump administration and Beijing.

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