China has said it is sanctioned 11 Americans in retaliation for similar measures imposed by the United States on Friday, but the list does not include members of the administration Trump. Those who are sanctioned Sen. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Pat Toomey; Congressman Chris Smith; Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth; National Endowment for Democracy President Carl Gershman; and Michael Abramowitz, president of Freedom House, spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian said at a briefing in Beijing on Monday. “In response to the misconduct of the United States, China has decided to impose sanctions on those individuals who have behaved badly in relation to Hong Kong,” said Zhao. He did not specify what would tighten sanctions. last month announced sanctions against US officials separated between Rubio and Cruz, in what was seen as an attempt to take revenge for the most symbolic walk across America Beijing to punish China for the treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. Roth was denied entry to Hong Kong in January, after months of pro-democracy protests rocked the city. Beijing in December had promised met on Monday, including Human Rights Watch, Freedom House and the National Endowment for Democracy sanctions on some rights organizations after President Donald Trump has supported a law of Hong Kong protesters signed. The United States said Friday that cultured political freedoms in the former British colony sanctions against 11 Chinese officials and their allies in Hong Kong, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam on their roles. The other contained Xia Baolong, Director of Hong Kong and the Chinese State Council of Macao Affairs, Tang and Chris, Hongkongeren Commissioner of Police, protesters for democracy Pro came to the tactic in the world critics. Lam was sanctioned because they are “for the implementation of the policy of oppression of freedom and democratic processes, directly responsible for Beijing,” said the announcement of the US Treasury sanctions. Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin – said the United States “stands with the people of Hong Kong and we specifically use those to our tools and authorities undermine their autonomy”. Photo copyright – the lead month long trade talks with China helped by Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images
China 11 American sanctions in retaliation for the US action against officials in Hong Kong
