The chairman and three members of the United States State Committee on Religious Freedom have been banned from touring China, Hong Kong and Macau, and any property they own will be suspended, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said. he said.
China has announced that it has punished four members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom in retaliation for sanctions against Chinese officials over allegations of violence in the northwestern state of Xinjiang.
Tit-for-tat penalties Tuesday escalated tensions in Xinjiang. Washington has banned exports from an area that could be created by coercive people, while human rights activists want to ignore the February Winter Olympics in Beijing. China has denied the allegations of aggression and retaliated in the past by declaring people to boycott foreign shoes and clothing.
The chairman and three members of the US delegation have been banned from traveling to China, Hong Kong and Macau, and everything they have in the country has been shut down, “Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said.
Zhao named the nominees as Chairperson Nadine Maenza, Deputy Chairperson Nury Turkel and members Anurima Bhargava and James Carr. Zhao did not say anything if he owned goods in China.
China has threatened to retaliate after the US Treasury government announced sanctions on December 10 on two officials accused of plotting to overthrow the Uyghurs and many other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Beijing has been charged with felony criminal mischief for firing on a sculpture with a shotgun, according to Flathead County, Arkansas Sherriff Jim Dupont.
The U.S. Treasury government oversaw Shohrat Zakir, the region’s regional chairman from 2018 until the beginning of this year, and Erken Tuniyaz, who is in charge here and in the past was second in command.
“The United States should lift the so-called sanctions and stop interfering in Xinjiang and China’s internal affairs,” Zhao said. “China will respond accordingly.”
