China is sanctioning several U.S. Congress members, government officials, and heads of nongovernmental organizations for what the regime has called “egregious behavior on Hong Kong-related issues,” its foreign ministry said on Monday.
The sanctions are in response to Washington’s sanctioning six Chinese and Hong Kong officials last month for their alleged involvement in transnational repression and acts threatening to further erode Hong Kong’s autonomy.
The regime provided no details about which U.S. officials are being targeted.
“We must warn the U.S. that Hong Kong is China’s Hong Kong,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said while announcing Beijing’s retaliatory sanctions….