Asian Tech Press (Nov 25) -- The United States Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it had placed 27 entities located in China, Japan, Pakistan and Singapore on its Entity List, including 12 Chinese entities.

The U.S. Department of Commerce listed a number of reasons, such as support for Pakistan's ballistic missile program and the provision of products for military end-users. In particular, the Commerce Department emphasized that eight entities located in China were included in the Entity List to avoid U.S. technology being used to support quantum computing for military applications, such as anti-stealth warplanes, anti-submarine applications, and the ability to break encryption and develop unbreakable encryption.