The Trump administration in the United States has announced that it will take new measures to limit the issuance of visas to executives of Chinese state-owned enterprises over China's military base in the South China Sea, and will move to China before the new administration is launched next week. The pressure of is further strengthened.
Secretary of State Pompeo issued a statement on the 14th, targeting executives of Chinese state-owned enterprises as well as Chinese Communist Party and Navy officials, saying that they were involved in making the South China Sea a military base, such as China's reclamation of the South China Sea and the creation of artificial islands. It has announced that it will take new steps to limit the issuance of visas.
The State Department has not disclosed the names or numbers of the subjects.
"We will continue to act until the Chinese government ceases to intimidate the South China Sea," Pompeo said in a statement.
In addition, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced on the 14th that it will add the Chinese state-owned company "China National Offshore Oil Corporation" to the list that effectively bans the export of products from U.S. companies, alleging that it was involved in illegal resource development in the South China Sea. Did.
Since the Trump administration announced in July last year that it was "totally illegal" for China to claim interests in almost the entire South China Sea, it has taken countermeasures such as sanctions on Chinese state-owned enterprises. With the inauguration of the new Biden administration next week, pressure on China is increasing.