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| U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan hold a high-level US-China talks with China’s diplomatic politician Yang Jietsu and Wang Yi, a diplomat in charge of diplomacy, held in Anchorage, Alaska on the 18th (local time). . © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Dongmyeong Woo |
Western countries such as the European Union (EU), Great Britain, and Canada sanctioned China at the same time as the United States for violations of human rights such as the Uighurs.
In particular, it has been 30 years since the Tiananmen (Tiananmen) incident in 1989 that the EU sanctioned China in relation to human rights violations, and US President Joe Biden’s strategy to contain China is gaining strength.
According to foreign media such as AFP news agency on the 22nd (local time), these countries sanctioned former and incumbent officials involved in collective detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang, China.
The EU board of directors announced in the official gazette that Zhu Hairun, who served as the secretary of the political law committee in charge of public security and judicial in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, Wang Mingshan, the clerk of the current political law committee, Wang Jun-jeong, the secretary of the party committee of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and Chen Ming-guo, the head of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau. Posted.
On the same day, the UK and Canada also announced that they would immediately freeze assets for the four former and current Chinese officials. Following that, the US Treasury Department added secretary Wang Jun-jeong and Director Chen Ming-guo to the sanctions list, excluding the two who had already been on the sanctions list.
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| US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln speaks at a high-level US-China talks with Chinese diplomatic politicians Yang Jietsu and Wang Yi, a diplomat in charge of diplomacy, held in Anchorage, Alaska on the 18th (local time). © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Dongmyeong Woo |
This move is noteworthy in that the Western camp has given power to the US pressure on China.
The former Trump administration also had sanctions against Chinese officials in relation to human rights issues in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, but they were not effective. This is why the US administration of Biden conceived pressure on China through cooperation with allies.
The’Quad’ summit with Japan, India and Australia was held, and the’anti-China’ alliance, which the Secretary of State and Defense Ministers had built up by visiting Korea and Japan, began in earnest after the Alaska talks, which ended after exchanging harsh words .
At the time of the meeting, US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln said in all remarks, “After taking office, I spoke to about 100 countries and visited Japan and Korea for the first time.” “We have also heard deep concerns about some of the steps we have taken.”
Yang Jietsu, a political member of the Communist Party of China, confronted that “not only the United States but also Western countries do not represent world public opinion.”
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| Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. © AFP=News1 |
Meanwhile, China responded immediately to EU sanctions. It has announced a ban on entry of 10 Europeans, including 5 EU lawmakers, 2 EU organizations and 2 think tanks.
In close contact with North Korea and Russia, they are also showing off taxation.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is visiting China, together urged Wang, along with the Chinese Foreign Minister, that the United States should stop interfering with other countries’ internal affairs and attracting small groups for collective confrontation.
In addition, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean Labor Party general secretary Kim Jong-un exchanged oral letters pledged to develop close relations between North Korea and China.
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