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Washington, Jan 21: China imposed sanctions on nearly 30 former Trump administration officials moments after they left office on Wednesday.
In a statement released just minutes after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, Beijing slapped travel bans and business restrictions on Trump”s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, national security adviser Robert O”Brien and UN ambassador, Kelly Craft.
Others covered by the sanctions include Trump”s economic adviser Peter Navarro; his top diplomat for Asia, David Stilwell; health and human services secretary, Alex Azar; along with former national security adviser John Bolton and strategist Stephen Bannon.
The sanctions are largely symbolic but…