The Chinese government has announced that it will impose sanctions on former US Secretary of Commerce and others as a countermeasure against the US sanctions on Chinese officials over the Hong Kong issue.
On the 16th of this month, the U.S. Biden administration issued a cautionary note for companies operating in Hong Kong, warning that Hong Kong is at increased risk of business, including surveillance by Chinese authorities and risk of data leakage. ..
He said he would impose sanctions on seven senior officials from the Chinese government's local agency in Hong Kong for violating Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy.
In response, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 23rd that it will impose sanctions on former Secretary of Commerce Ross of the United States and representatives of the advisory body of the US Parliament investigating trends in China as a countermeasure.
China has been sanctioned by Western countries over the issues of Hong Kong and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and last month it enforced an "anti-foreign sanctions law" to retaliate against foreign sanctions.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the sanctions are based on this law, and the law seems to be the first to be applied.
In the future, it is expected that the exchange of sanctions with the United States and other countries will be repeated and the conflict will escalate.