China sanctions 11 Americans including Rubio, Cruz over US action on Hong Kong

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China to sanction Rubio, Cruz and others over US action on Hong Kong

BEIJING - China on Monday sanctioned 11 Americans, including senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in retaliation for similar US moves against Chinese officials over Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong.

“China has decided to impose sanctions on some people that behaved badly on Hong Kong-related issues,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Monday, with Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth and National Endowment for Democracy president Carl Gershman also on the list. The foreign ministry said it would apply the sanctions starting on Monday. Last month, China had already announced sanctions against Mr Cruz, Mr Rubio and other US officials after Washington penalised senior Chinese officials over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region.

 

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