China has imposed sanctions on a handful of U.S. and Canadian officials for a response through growing tensions over the suppression of ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang province.
Gayle Manchin, chair of the U.S. government’s International Religious Freedom Advisory Commission (USCIRF) and wife of the senator. Joe Manchin
Joe ManchinBiden nominates Manchin’s wife to co-chair the Appalachian Regional Commission. The Hill’s Morning Report: Biden changes filibuster Liberals think Biden has made it easier to get rid of filibuster MORE (DW.Va.), as well as Tony Perkins, vice president of USCIRF, were sanctioned, Reuters reported.
Michael Chong, vice chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian Parliament (FAAE), and the eight members of the FAAE International Human Rights Subcommittee have also been sanctioned.
“The Chinese government is firmly committed to safeguarding its national sovereignty, security and development interests and urges the relevant parties to clearly understand the situation and resolve its mistakes,” China’s foreign ministry said in a statement. announce sanctions, according to Reuters.
Those sanctioned by China will not be allowed in China, Hong Kong or Macao, and Chinese citizens and businesses cannot communicate with people.
The US coordinated sanctions against China with Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom over China’s alleged human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims.
“These appointments include Wang Junzheng, the secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Party Committee (XPCC), and Chen Mingguo, director of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau (XPSB),” the department said. of Finance when the sanctions were announced. “The United States is committed to using the full breadth of its financial powers to promote accountability for the serious human rights abuses that occur in Xinjiang.”
“They must stop political manipulation on Xinjiang-related issues, stop interfering in any way in China’s internal affairs, and refrain from going further down the wrong path. Otherwise, the fingers will burn, “the ministry said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
China has denied allegations of human rights violations in the country.
Some countries, including the United States, have called China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims a genocide.