Friday,23 July 2021 (YJC)_ The Chinese Foreign Ministry it will impose sanctions against seven American entities and citizens over Hong Kong row.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced that Beijing will impose sanctions against seven American entities and citizens, including Trump-era Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.
The ministry indicated that the new sanctions are a direct response to the US’ earlier decision to slap seven members of the Hong Kong liaison office with sanctions. Washington justified the move by claiming that Beijing had infringed on the freedoms that the residents of Hong Kong had been enjoying for years.
The US and other Western countries have heavily criticised Beijing for allegedly harshly suppressing demonstrations in Hong Kong in 2019 that opposed the adoption of new security laws which made punishments for treason harsher. Washington slammed Beijing for abandoning its promise of maintaining certain freedoms on the territory of Hong Kong. China condemned these statements, accusing Western countries of attempting to meddle in its domestic affairs.
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