US Sanctions Companies Training Chinese Pilots, Helping China in Weapons Development

The U.S. Department of Commerce on June 12 added dozens of entities—both Chinese and foreign—to its Entity List (pdf), citing concerns regarding national security and foreign policy risks.
A group of companies, including Frontier Services Group Ltd, a security and aviation company and Test Flying Academy of South Africa were sanctioned for “providing training to Chinese military pilots using Western and NATO sources,” said the department.
The agency deemed these activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. The listed companies will be subject to export control.
Another number of firms were blacklisted for helping China build its hypersonic weapons and upgrade its military, the agency added….