The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities that it found to have aided Beijing’s surveillance balloon programs, following one such balloon floating over the United States for a week gathering intelligence.
In a statement issued on Feb. 10, the Commerce Department identified five companies and a research institute involved in efforts to support “aerospace programs including airships and balloons and related materials and components” for the Chinese military, also known as the People’s Liberation Army.
The measure will restrict U.S. companies from selling products and technologies to the firms without fi …