The U.S. State Department issued a notice on Jan. 21 to sanction three Chinese entities for engaging in missile technology proliferation activities based on the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Administration Act of 1979. For two years, these entities are denied of all new transfer licenses and U.S government contracts, and are not allowed to export their products into the United States. They include major Chinese aerospace defense entities China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) First Academy and its sub-units and successors; China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) Fourth Academy and its sub-units and successors; and Poly Technologies Incorporated (PTI) and its sub-units and successors. PTI is a subsidiary of China Poly Group Corporation, a Beijing-based conglomerate with hundreds of subsidiaries reaching into a wide range of fields, such as construction, real estate, natural resources, fishing, entertainment, and military. It was established in 1983 by People’s Liberation …