Pentagon adds Alibaba, others to list of sanctioned Chinese companies

Washington — The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses, including tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu, to its list of Chinese military companies, preventing them from getting U.S. defense contracts. The list, updated and published Monday by the Pentagon, sanctions well-known, non-state-owned Chinese companies that aren't traditionally considered to be in the defense or security sector. …