US politicians have ‘promoted and executed series of crazy moves which have gravely interfered in China’s internal affairs, undermined China’s interests, offended Chinese people, and seriously disrupted China-US relations,’ Chinese Foreign Ministry says
China has announced sanctions on 28 Trump-aligned people including outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, minutes after President Joe Biden was sworn into office on the steps of the Capitol.
China claimed that the Trump administration officials who were sanctioned had violated Chinese sovereignty, Bloomberg reported.
The sanctions prevent the individuals and their families from entering mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. It also stops the sanctioned and any entities that they are associated with from doing any business with China.
“Over the past few years, some anti-China politicians in the United States, out of their selfish political interests and prejudice and hatred against China and showing no regard for the interests of the Chinese and American people, have planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves which have gravely interfered in China’s internal affairs, undermined China’s interests, offended the Chinese people, and seriously disrupted China-US relations,” the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.