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Western countries, including the United States and Europe, imposed simultaneous sanctions on China for reasons such as the suppression of human rights by ethnic minorities.
After President Biden took office, the US strategy to strengthen pressure on China with allies is in action, but China has strongly opposed it.
This news is from Lee Seong-hoon.
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US Treasury Department has added two Chinese officials to the sanctions against the human rights of ethnic minorities, including the Uighurs in China.
This was done after the two countries clashed head-on at high-level Alaska talks last week.
The EU also imposed human rights sanctions on North Korea and Russia, including four Chinese officials and one organization.
This is the first time the EU has imposed an arms embargo after the Tiananmen crisis in 1989.
Britain and Canada also joined the sanctions.
[Dominique Rab/British Foreign Secretary: Sanctions include travel bans for individuals we designate and property freezes for legal entities.
These individuals are not allowed to enter the UK, and assets found in the UK are frozen.]
China, which has denied allegations of human rights violations against minorities, has retaliated strongly against it.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has sanctioned 10 European officials and 4 organizations, saying that it has violated China's sovereignty and national interests and spread false information, and warned "Do not interfere with internal affairs."
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Federal Communications Commission has undertaken a review of a petition for disciplinary action against China's state-run CCTV for spreading false information.