Experts: US suppression of Chinese firms unreasonable

United States authorities' fast and loose moves to blacklist Chinese companies, and then remove them later, shows their growing lack of legitimacy, and will only trigger countermeasures from Chinese counterparts, industry experts said on Tuesday.

They made the comments as the US Department of Defense on Monday added tech company Tencent Holdings and major electric vehicle battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd to a long list of Chinese companies it has deemed to be "military companies".

Meanwhile, the Pentagon also removed six companies it said no longer met the requirements for the designation, including artificial intelligence company Beijing Megvii Technology, China Railway Construction Corporation, China State Construction Group and China Telecommunications.