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京沈高铁辽宁段本月开始联调联试
- Students at the colleges in northeast China have been denied access to the American MATLAB platform after US authorities put the institutions on an ‘entity list’ over ties to the Chinese armed forces
- Students say they have other options, including open-source technology
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Two Chinese universities with close ties to the military have been banned from using a US-developed computer software platform amid tensions between China and the United States over technology.
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The US Department of Commerce added the Harbin Institute of Technology and Harbin Engineering University to its “entity list” late last week, barring them from access to products subjected to US Export Administration Regulations.
MATLAB, which is used in analysis in engineering, science and economics, is one of these products.
A spokesman for the Harbin Institute of Technology said the university learned about the ban last weekend and was investigating its impact, adding that it was not clear how many students and subjects would be affected.
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Friday that she was not familiar with the case, but the US had taken many groundless actions on normal exchanges between the two countries.
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“I think these actions underline the deep-rooted Cold War mentality of the US and they are straightforward political oppression of China,” Hua said.
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