US, EU, UK, Canada launch sanctions blitz against Chinese officials; Beijing hits back
- Chinese individuals targeted over alleged human rights abuses in the far western region
- China hits back with sanctions on 10 European individuals and four entities
“These actions demonstrate our ongoing commitment to working multilaterally to advance respect for human rights and shining a light on those in the PRC government and CCP responsible for these atrocities,” he said.
The EU announced its sanctions first, naming four officials and one entity in Xinjiang – the bloc’s first sanctions targeting Chinese officials since the aftermath of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989. China hit back almost immediately, imposing sanctions on 10 European individuals and four entities, including diplomats, officials, academics and politicians.
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Beijing hits back at Western sanctions against China’s alleged treatment of Uygur Muslims
China announced its EU sanctions before the UK, Canada, and US made their own sanctions public on Monday.
A former director of the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which implements sanctions policy, told the Post that coordinated sanctions between the US and its allies, all imposed on the same day, are “extremely rare”.