US stops trading with eight Chinese quantum computing groups

Photo caption: A zooming in on the D-Wave -Wave 2000 Qubit Processor. Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 – Wikimedia Commons. Article by Isaiah Mayersen. TechSpot – November 27. 2021.

In brief: The US Department of Commerce has banned dealings with 27 foreign entities based in China, Japan, Pakistan, and Singapore. Eight are developing quantum computing technologies, which the US has now recognized as a national security concern.

All eight entities developing quantum computing technologies were found to be pursuing potential military applications on behalf of the Chinese government. Three of them were found to be acquiring or attempting to acquire American technologies to assist them. […]

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