According to sources, the U.S. Commerce Department will add 28 Chinese public security bureaus and companies to a U.S. trade blacklist in response to the treatment meted out to the Uighur Muslims and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities. The blacklist will also include video surveillance company Hikvision. https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-13150/Hikvision.html
The other names set to be added to the so-called “Entity List” include the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region People’s Government Public Security Bureau, 19 subordinate agencies and eight commercial firms including Zhejiang Dahua Technology, IFLYTEK Co, Xiamen Meiya Pico Information Co and Yixin Science and Technology Co, the sources said.
A Commerce Department announcement set for later is expected to cite China’s alleged human rights abuses and use of high-tech surveillance against its Muslim minority.
Being added to the “Entity List” means companies or other entities will be barred from buying parts and components from U.S. companies without U.S. government approval.
U.S. officials however said that the announcement was not tied to this week’s resumption of trade talks with China.
Hikvision, officially known as Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd, with a market value of about $42 billion, claims itself to be the world’s largest video surveillance gear maker.
