In the news this morning was a report that USA has added 12 Chinese-affiliated companies to its export blacklist, including one based in Singapore, with the headline in the Financial Times being "US Blacklists Chinese Quantum Computing Companies".
I was curious as to which quantum computing company based in Singapore may have been blacklisted. However, the headline was misleading; only a few of the newly-blacklisted companies deal with quantum computing (Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, QuantumCTek Co., and Shanghai QuantumCTeck Co., Ltd.). The one Singaporean company blacklisted, Corad Technology Pte Ltd., seems to only design and manufacture printed circuit boards. Here is the original document outlining the additions to the blacklist.
Regardless, as quantum computers become more powerful and start to develop useful capabilities more technology restrictions and export controls will likely be introduced. Today's news highlights the importance of building up a domestic quantum industry even in small countries such as Singapore and Australia; we cannot rely simply on buying the final product from the big players based in the USA and China.
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