Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – China revenge against the United States (US) for a number of sanctions. President Xi Jinping’s administration announced it was ‘punishing’ seven US citizens and entities on Friday (7/24/2021).
All of these people and entities are linked to sanctions against China on charges of ‘exacerbating freedoms in Hong Kong’.
One of those sanctioned was the US Secretary of Commerce when Donald Trump was still president of Wilbur Ross. While in office, he expanded the list of Chinese companies blacklisted by the US, including tech giants Huawei and ZTE.
The chair of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Carolyn Bartolomew was also on the list. Including high-ranking institutions such as the International Republican Institute and Human Rights Watch.
There has been no comment from the US on this matter. This sanction was carried out just before the visit of senior US officials to the Panda Land, 25 to 26 July in the city of Tianjin, China.
Quotes Japan Times, this is an initiative of Washington. Later the meeting will be attended by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and several officials from Beijing such as State Counsellor Wang Yi dan Wamenlu China Xie Feng.
The China talks will be part of ongoing U.S. efforts to hold honest exchanges … to advance U.S. interests and values and to manage relationships responsibly,” the State Department said in a Wednesday evening announcement. .
through Global Times Thursday (22/7/2021), China confirmed this visit. China, state media reported, will put aside the poor bilateral relations to talk further with the US and cooperate.
“But (China) will still draw the line in bilateral relations,” the Foreign Ministry said.
“China will state its position in the expansion of relations between the two countries with a ‘firm stance’ in safeguarding sovereignty, peace and development interests, and demand that the United States stop interfering in China’s internal affairs.”
Relations between Washington and Beijing have remained strained under President Joe Biden. Most recently, Biden issued an executive order to limit investment from the US in several companies affiliated with China’s military capability development efforts due to human rights issues in Xinjiang and Hong Kong democracy.
It was recorded that there were 59 Bamboo Curtain State companies that were caught by the order. The White House is also pushing for an investigation into the origins of Covid-19 by the WHO.
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