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Biden administration calls China sanctions on Trump officials ‘unproductive and cynical’
China’s move to sanction former Trump administration officials was “unproductive and cynical”, a spokeswoman for President Joe Biden’s National Security Council said, urging Americans from both parties to condemn the action.
Key points:
- China said Mr Pompeo had planned moves that interfered with internal affairs
- It banned ex-officials and immediate family members from entering China
- Mr Pompeo declared China had committed crimes against humanity” against Uyghur Muslims
Around the time Joe Biden was sworn in as President on Wednesday, local time, China announced sanctions against “lying and cheating” outgoing secretary of state Mike Pompeo and 27 other top officials under former president Donald Trump — a striking repudiation of its…
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