U.S. set to add more Chinese companies to blacklist over Xinjiang

The People's Republic of China flag and the U.S flag fly on a lamp post along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington during then-Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit on January 18, 2011.[Reuters]

The Biden administration is set as early as Friday to add more than 10 Chinese companies to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights abuses and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang, two sources told Reuters.