China announced on Friday “to impose sanctions” on the leader of the American deputies Nancy Pelosi and her “close family” after her visit to Taiwan, which sparked the anger of Beijing and the launch of vast military maneuvers.
With her visit, the Speaker of the House of Representatives “seriously interfered in China’s internal affairs and undermined its sovereignty and territorial integrity”, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, without giving any details. details of these penalties.
In recent years, China has retaliated against numerous US officials for allegedly acting against its interests and speaking out on human rights issues concerning Hong Kong and Xinjiang (northwest), sometimes without specifying the nature of these sanctions.
Mike Pompeo, already sanctioned in the past
In March, Beijing applied visa restrictions to an undisclosed list of US officials who allegedly “made up lies about human rights issues involving China”. Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as well as Peter Navarro, who had been a trade adviser to Donald Trump, have also been sanctioned in the past. They are prohibited from entering China or doing business with Chinese companies.
China, which considers Taiwan as an integral part of its territory, launched Thursday, in response to the visit of Nancy Pelosi, the most important military exercises in its history around the island, which will last until Sunday.