China has also announced that it has sanctioned US government personnel involved in the Hong Kong affair and canceled visa waiver measures for diplomats visiting Hong Kong and Macau. It was against the US sanctions against Hong Kong.
On the 10th (local time), a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Hwa Chun-ying said at a regular briefing on the 10th, “We will cancel visa waiver measures for US diplomatic passport holders visiting Hong Kong and Macau.” “China has decided to impose equal sanctions against responsible US government officials and congressional personnel, non-governmental organizations and their immediate family members in relation to the Hong Kong issue,” he said.
Hwa Chun-ying, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs [로이터=연합뉴스]
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However, it did not mention the list of persons subject to sanctions and when the sanctions began.
“The United States has taken advantage of the Hong Kong issue to seriously interfere with China’s internal affairs and severely harm China’s interests.” I urge you to do it,” he said.
The US Treasury Department announced on the 7th that it would sanction 14 vice-chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (Non-in University) including Wang Chun. They and their immediate family members are prohibited from visiting the United States, assets in the United States are frozen, and transactions with Americans are prohibited. It was a response to the Chinese NPC’s involvement in disqualifying members of the Hong Kong opposition party.
On the 8th, China announced that it would “equal counterattack” against the U.S. by inviting US Ambassador to China Robert Forden to act on this day.
Earlier, the U.S. State Department decided to reduce the length of stay for approximately 270 million Chinese Communist Party members and their immediate family members on a U.S. visitor visa from a maximum of 10 years to 1 month. Also, the number of times a visitor visa can be used is limited to one.
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