Xiaomi reacts to US govt blacklisting the company

United States Department of Defense (DoD), earlier in the week blacklisted several technology firms including Xiaomi as ‘Communist Chinese military companies’ and they pose a security threat to the country.

DoD believes the listed firms are directly or indirectly linked to the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Military-Civil Fusion development strategy. Even though the business they conduct appears for commercial civilian use, they are accused of helping modernization goals of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

“The Department of Defense released the names of additional -‘ Communist Chinese military companies’ operating directly or indirectly in the United States in accordance with the statutory requirement of Section 1237 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, as amended. ”