Michael Pompeo
Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg
Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg
China imposed sanctions on former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and other Trump administration officials, even when Joe Biden was sworn in as president, saying they had made “crazy moves” that hurt U.S. ties. China.
Also on the list of 28 sanctioned people were former Donald Trump national security adviser Robert O’Brien and his deputy Matt Pottinger, trade adviser Peter Navarro and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Kelly Craft, according to one statement issued Wednesday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry when the inauguration of Biden took place. They and their families will be barred from entering China, Hong Kong or Macau or doing business with China.
The officials listed were crucial in shaping the Trump administration’s more confrontational stance toward China, which included a series of sanctions and the statement, on the last day, that the government had committed genocide in the Xinjiang region. . Also on the list were former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and former national security adviser John Bolton.
Officials “planned, promoted and executed a series of insane movements that have seriously interfered in China’s internal affairs, undermined China’s interests, offended the Chinese people and severely altered China-US relations.” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
China’s goals are likely to carry sanctions as a badge of honor. Pompeo, who has criticized China in a series of tweets in recent days, can boast of his tough stance on a future political campaign.