Soon after Joe Biden took oath as the President of the United States, the Chinese government imposed sanctions against 28 high-ranking officials of the former President Donald Trump’s administration including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry, Hua Chunying, confirmed it a day after the change in the US administration on Wednesday (January 21), saying that these officials were responsible “for a series of crazy US moves on China-related issues.”
According to Chinese new agency Xinhua, the sanctions have been imposed against Peter Navarro (incumbent Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy), Robert O’Brien (former National Security Adviser), David R. Stilwell (former Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs), Matthew Pottinger (former Deputy National Security Advisor), Alex Azar (former Secretary of Health and Human Services), Keith J Krach (incumbent Under Secretary of…
