Tencent and CATL are planning legal action to challenge being placed on a Pentagon list as “Chinese military companies”, if talks with the US defence department fail to get their new designations dropped.
The social media and gaming giant and the world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker both announced on Tuesday they would contest their inclusion on an annually updated list of companies determined to have links with China’s military machine.
Pony Ma, Tencent founder and chair, said in a statement that the company would “engage in discussions with the U.S. Department of Defense” to be removed from Monday’s list, adding that “if necessary, [Tencent] will undertake legal proceedings”.
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