West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU

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On Monday, the European Union was the first to impose sanctions on four Chinese officials – including a top security director, and one entity – a decision later mirrored by Britain and Canada.

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The US, EU, UK and Canada banded together to sanction Chinese officials over suspected human rights abuses in Xinjiang on Monday, a dramatic escalation in tensions with Beijing and a clear sign that the new Joe Biden administration plans to wield its alliances as a powerful tool to counter an increasingly assertive China.

The four entities are the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the EU, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, the Mercator Institute for China Studies think tank in Germany, and the Alliance of Democracies Foundation in Denmark, a forum headed by former Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

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