The U.S. Department of State has announced that it has added new sanctions to Chinese Communist Party executives, saying that China's decision to change Hong Kong's electoral system has undermined Hong Kong's autonomy.
It seems that it aims to restrain the Chinese side by showing an uncompromising stance over democracy and human rights before meeting with China's top diplomacy this week.
According to the U.S. State Department's announcement, 24 new members have been added to the list of sanctions, including Mr. Wang Chen, a member of the Chinese Communist Party's political bureau and vice chairman of the National People's Congress, and Hong Kong police officers. is.
The State Department, in the National People's Congress that Xi Jinping leadership of China has closed its doors this month 11 days, as a "missed more advanced autonomy that had been promised to the people of Hong Kong" listed on the grounds that to determine the change of the electoral system of Hong Kong He expressed strong concern.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited allies Japan and South Korea with Secretary of Defense Austin this week, and then met with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, who oversees foreign affairs in China, in Alaska on the 18th. I will do it.
The Biden administration seems to have the aim of restraining the Chinese side by showing an uncompromising stance over democracy and human rights before the first meeting with China's top diplomacy after the inauguration of the administration.
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