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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Justin McCurry in Tokyo

US bans vehicles from China’s BYD at Japan military base, calling them ‘unacceptable’ risk

A US navy jet lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa prefecture, Japan
A US navy jet lands at Kadena air base in Okinawa, Japan. The US military has banned vehicles made by China’s BYD at the base. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

One of America’s biggest overseas military bases has banned vehicles made by the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD over security concerns, the US military in Japan said on Tuesday.

The ban, which went into effect this week at Kadena airbase on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, has fueled speculation that similar measures could be taken at other US military facilities as part of Washington’s crackdown on Chinese technology it suspects of being used to collect sensitive information.

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