China hits back at US FCC bans with sanctions and drone curbs

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China hits US with sanctions, drone export curbs ahead of Xi visit  CNN

China tightened its exports controls on drones to the US and sanctioned multiple American companies in a series of retaliatory measures against Washington’s widening tech curbs.