Beijing sanctions 2 in US-China tit-for-tat over human rights in Tibet
- Trump-era policy hawk and Congressional human rights monitor sanctioned in retaliation for US ban on Chinese officials
- Order signed by Foreign Minister Wang Yi and released on Friday is effective immediately
The decision was released on Friday, via the social media account of the Chinese foreign ministry’s department of North American and Oceanic affairs.
Yu, who helped reshape US policy on China during the Trump administration, is a China-born professor of military history who is now a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, as well as senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and professor at the US Naval Academy.
Stein serves on the legislative body created by Congress to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China and provide an annual report to lawmakers and the president.
His background includes the International Campaign for Tibet, where he worked as director of government relations, before taking up a role in 2014 as senior adviser to Sarah Sewall, US under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy and human rights.