Chinese Blast New Trump Administration Sanctions on Xiaomi

China is “firmly opposed” to the Trump administration’s decision Thursday to add smartphone maker Xiaomi to a list of “Communist Chinese military companies” for new export restrictions, said a Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Friday. “What the U.S. side has done goes against the trend of history” and “violates the principles of market competition and international economic and trade rules,” he said. “China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and support them in defending their own rights and interests in accordance with law.”