WashingtonAlibaba denies any link to the Chinese military in a lawsuit.
A Section 1260H listing bars Alibaba from Pentagon contracts and signals risk of Commerce or Treasury sanctions.
Section 1260H, created in 2021, lists firms the Pentagon says serve China’s military-civil fusion, calling Alibaba indirectly affiliated with a State Council commission.
The Defense Department’s court evidence is mostly news reports on censorship and an Alibaba technology milestone document.
A US court has yet to rule on the complaint.
How each outlet framed it
- Global Voices leans critical
- frames the Pentagon 1260H listing as an unsupported extension of state power, arguing it deprives Alibaba of due process to explain its position
Sources: Global Voices