According to an earlier Cryptopolitan report, the Pentagon released the update just as the two countries kept tightening controls on technology, data, energy, and manufacturing. The Ministry of Commerce of China announced on Saturday that America went beyond its limits in terms of national security concerns, as well as exerted governmental influence to pressure the business of China. The ministry demanded the withdrawal of such decisions. It also asked Washington to deal with Chinese companies in a fair manner and build a stable relationship with China.

China warns the US to cancel its categorization of Chinese platforms

China was direct in its latest warning, noting that, “Otherwise, China will take resolute and forceful countermeasures, and the consequences and responsibility arising therefrom will rest entirely with the US side.” The Chinese embassy in Washington rejected the blacklist. Spokesman Liu Pengyu said firms from China follow the laws of the countries where they operate. “The US should stop its wrong practice and create a fair, just, and non-discriminatory environment,” Liu said.

The Pentagon list is known as the Section 1260H list. US law requires the Defense Department to update it yearly through 2030. A company can ask the Pentagon to review its case and submit evidence to challenge the label. Alibaba said there was “no basis” for adding the company, and that being named on the 1260H list does not just automatically ban exports or stop a company from serving American customers. The US Commerce Department runs a separate Entity List, and that list can block or limit access to American technology, Alibaba explained.

The 1260H list is one of several tools Washington uses as the US and China separate in sensitive sectors. On Saturday, Chinese regulators announced stricter rules for financial information services. The Cyberspace Administration of China said companies must sort data into four groups: core, important, sensitive general, and routine general. Officials said each category would depend on its value, sensitivity, and the damage a leak could cause. Six other agencies issued the rules, including the People’s Bank of China.

The rules are part of Beijing’s data security system. China passed broad laws before adding sector rules. “Financial information services are developing in an orderly manner, and the volume of data is expanding … which urgently requires standardised, classified and graded management,” the guidelines said. The new rules do not cover state secrets or military information. Meanwhile, as previously reported, Trump announced Marco Rubio as Secretary of State and Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor.

Neil Thomas, a fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis, said the choices showed that Trump planned to put China at the center of his foreign policy. Before Trump’s January 2025 inauguration, Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk met separately with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Washington. Han attended as Xi Jinping’s special representative. His visit showed Beijing wanted working ties with the new US administration even as both sides added more pressure in trade, technology, security, and industry.

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Baidu also mentioned that its US-listed shares were “little changed” in early trading as the market tried to process the slowdown. Baidu attributed the hit to China’s economic problems. The company noted that demand in the country stayed soft because the property sector remained in crisis, and the trade fight with the US kept pressure on consumers. Baidu explained that this environment pushed advertisers to “cut tech budgets,” a move that hit the platform hard because its search platform still depends heavily on marketing money.

Baidu attributes losses to weak ad business

In its report, Baidu claimed its online ad unit pulled in 15.3 billion yuan in the third quarter, a figure that marks an 18% drop from last year. The company stated that this fall showed how exposed it is to any drop in ad spending. Baidu added that weak ad demand has now become a long-term issue in China as local firms continue to save cash in any way that they can.

The company also reported that non‑marketing revenue hit 9.3 billion yuan, representing 21% over last year. The firm said this part of the business included cloud services, which kept growing because firms in China asked for tools to build AI agents and work with large language models. It also told investors the cloud division stayed strong even as the rest of the company took a hit.

Baidu also reported a net loss of 11 billion yuan, compared to a profit last year. The firm said most of the loss came from asset write‑downs. The company used the call to stress that it was pushing harder into artificial intelligence and trying to pull more users into its search platform by adding new AI tools. Baidu said competition in China stayed intense, pointing to Alibaba and DeepSeek as major rivals.

The firm added that both Alibaba and DeepSeek are fighting for both enterprise and consumer clients. The company added that it was investing more in its Ernie model and building new reasoning systems to keep up with demand. Last week, Baidu announced new AI chips for model training and inference as compute needs grew in China. The company said the chips were built to support heavier AI workloads and to help offset the weakness in its ad business.

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