Following Huawei, Xiaomi Added to US Blacklist For Alleged Chinese Military Ties

[Raevenlord]

Access to affordable electronics isn't looking much of a reality for US citizens, as the US government (presently in the outgoing days of Trump's administration) has now announced the addition of Chinese tech company Xiaomi to its military-connections blacklist. The move, enforced via a presidential executive order, now also demands U.S. investors to divest, or sell out, of affected holdings of any companies on the blacklist, by Nov. 11 this year. This addition to the US blacklist is done in accordance with the US National Defense Authorization Act of 1999, and doesn't place XIAOMI in the Entity list, of which Huawei is a part of, which would impede the Chinese tech giant from acquiring US technology and components for fabrication of its products.

The US Department of Defense (DOD) said in a statement that "The Department is determined to highlight and counter the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Military-Civil Fusion development strategy, which supports the modernization goals of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) by ensuring its access to advanced technologies and expertise acquired and developed by even those PRC companies, universities, and research programs that appear to be civilian entities". Xiaomi has been classified as one of nine "Communist Chinese military companies".





Xiaomi has already stated that "The Company reiterates that it provides products and services for civilian and commercial use. The Company confirms that it is not owned, controlled or affiliated with the Chinese military, and is not a "Communist Chinese Military Company' defined under the NDAA"; but some harm has already been definitely done, as the company's shares opened to a precipitous fall of 10.6%.

Abishur Prakash, a geopolitical specialist at the Center for Innovating the Future (CIF), a Toronto-based consulting firm, told CNBC that "For Xiaomi, everything is now on the line. By being blacklisted, [Xiaomi] is now deemed a U.S. national security threat. This may affect its global strategy, from expanding into markets like India to hiring Western talent to launching new products in Africa."

Xiaomi rose towards the third spot in the largest worldwide phonemakers in 2020; the company produces almost anything technologically-related your mind can envision, including smartphones, washing machines, rice cookers, smart home technology, TVs, monitors, laptops, cars, among other, more exotic tech.

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[Caring1]

DoD - Department of Disinformation.

 

[Vya Domus]

It just so happens that Xiaomi was on it's way to surpass Apple in global market share, same as what happened with Huawei. Crazy how the US is pulling all of these blatant anti competitive measures like it's nobody's business.

 

[Chaitanya]

DoD - Department of Disinformation.

[UPDATED] Xiaomi smartphones are tracking private web and phone usage of millions of users: Report | Digit

Xiaomi smartphones reportedly tracking privacy web usage and phone usage for millions of users. A seasoned security researcher found disturbing amounts of usage being tracked and data being harvested that could reveal individual identities.

www.digit.in

 

[Vya Domus]

Beware everyone, every phone and every commercial product connected to the internet for that matter is collecting your data.

I still can't believe people kid themselves into thinking only certain OSes/brands do this.

 

[Chomiq]

Don't forget this:

Huawei patent mentions use of Uighur-spotting tech

The company denies selling technology that can identify the ethnic group and plans to reword the patent.

www.bbc.com

 

[Gungar]

It just so happens that Xiaomi was on it's way to surpass Apple in global market share, same as what happened with Huawei. Crazy how the US is pulling all of these blatant anti competitive measures like it's nobody's business.

I was actually surprised that they didn't ban Xiaomi at the same time as Huawei. It's exactly the same type of company.

 

[ViperXTR]

great, trying to get a new phone now and Mi Note 10 Lite and Poco X3 are on my target list, ugh, should i just get the inferior Moto G Plus 5G

 

[Bubster]

Success brings out enemies....Xiaomi Great Phones and Dirt cheap...

 

[john_]

Well, it was expected. US is using it's power as an anti competitive tool. Any company trying to compete directly with US companies is going into that black list. And it's not just smartphones and stuff. Twitter blocked the account for the Russian covid 19 vaccine, I think yesterday. It was temporary and they threw a nice "security" excuse, but it could also be a warning. "Don't try to sell in our regions, don't try to steal out customers".

JMO off course.

 

[LTUGamer]

It looks like USA want their citizens to overpay for Apple.

 

[Readlight]

I live only once, it's all about money. Many phone models haw lots of different secure OS

 

[BluesFanUK]

It looks like USA want their citizens to overpay for Apple.

Their idiocy affects everyone else around the globe too.

 

[Readlight]

great, trying to get a new phone now and Mi Note 10 Lite and Poco X3 are on my target list, ugh, should i just get the inferior Moto G Plus 5G

I got POCO for between 180 euro. 100 euro less than Samsung

 

[Luminescent]

I have a Xiaomi, while i enjoy a cheap phone with good specs i also acknowledge they copy anything they want from Apple and until Trump there was not much US tech could do to protect themselves from IP theft.
Most people could care less about this until it happens to them, a coworker stealing your ideas, your work, a business opening in front of you copying everything you do if you are successful, this happens everyday.

 

[R-T-B]

It's not a copying situation people, most of these phones use completely different, Chinese homebrew cpus, modems, and chipsets.

That's where the issue lies. We don't trust them for the exact same reason they don't trust us/qualcomm.

 

[ZeppMan217]

It's not a copying situation people, most of these phones use completely different, Chinese homebrew cpus, modems, and chipsets.

That's where the issue lies. We don't trust them for the exact same reason they don't trust us/qualcomm.

What are you talking about? Xiaomi uses Qualcomm's chipsets everywhere.

 

[Michilica13]

great, trying to get a new phone now and Mi Note 10 Lite and Poco X3 are on my target list, ugh, should i just get the inferior Moto G Plus 5G

Motorola is owned by Lenovo, which is also a Chinese brand. If you want non-Chinese, you are stuck with Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG and Google.

 

[R-T-B]

What are you talking about? Xiaomi uses Qualcomm's chipsets everywhere.

I was thinking of Huawei, my bad.

 

[Chaitanya]

Motorola is owned by Lenovo, which is also a Chinese brand. If you want non-Chinese, you are stuck with Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG and Google.

Google in past has used Huawei as their OEM and they are similar to Apple and Sony(heavily dependent on suppliers in China) with only Samsung and LG(much less capable than Samsung) capable of sourcing most of parts for its cell phones from within their own subsidiaries.

 

[Ruru]

I was already wondering that why only Huawei is on the blacklist.

Motorola is owned by Lenovo, which is also a Chinese brand. If you want non-Chinese, you are stuck with Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG and Google.

Or HTC. It's Taiwanese.

 

[ShurikN]

great, trying to get a new phone now and Mi Note 10 Lite and Poco X3 are on my target list, ugh, should i just get the inferior Moto G Plus 5G

Those phones still come with gplay services and everything. If anything happens, it'll affect future phones, not the ones already released.

I was already wondering that why only Huawei is on the blacklist.


Or HTC. It's Taiwanese.

Do people actually buy HTC phones anymore? I feel like their market share is below 0.5%
I remember back in the day everyone used to have one.

 

[Ruru]

Do people actually buy HTC phones anymore? I feel like their market share is below 0.5%
I remember back in the day everyone used to have one.

Wasn't actually that long when I used a HTC manufactured phone as I had the 1gen Google Pixel.

 

[qoonik]

I assume the won't ban Samsung ...

 

[Caring1]

"The move, enforced via a presidential executive order"
Well that explains a lot, Biden has quite the job ahead overturning all these stupid, childish decisions by the man child incumbent.
I'm sure sanctions will be overturned and business as usual will continue to the benefit of all parties.

Apologies if this seems political, but this topic is political and therefore relevant.