The US Will Now Impose Sanctions on Chinese Officials

The US Will Now Impose Sanctions on Chinese Officials The US will now impose sanctions on Chinese officials. The Trump administration will put pressure on Chinese officials for their attitude towards some dissidents in Hong Kong. The commercial pressures that the US has applied to China in recent times are known to everyone. But US President Donald Trump seems determined to escalate tensions with China days before his term expires. According to the news in Reuters, the Trump administration is preparing to impose sanctions on some Chinese officials for its attitude towards elected opposition leaders in Hong Kong. It is said that the officials to be sanctioned include members of the Chinese Communist Party. According to sources reporting to Reuters, freezing assets and other financial sanctions are planned for the authorities in question. However, the same sources did not provide any information about the names that would be sanctioned. Having received support from Beijing, the Hong Kong administration removed 4 parliamentarians from the parliament based on the new authority given to them by the legislature in China.   USA’s Pressure on China Continues In addition to the latest developments, there were many news of new sanctions against China last week. The US House of Representatives approved the regulation that includes the removal of Chinese companies, including Alibaba and Baidu, from the US Stock Exchanges if they do not give financial control permission to the US authorities. In addition, a ban on imports was imposed on the cotton products company in Xinjiang. On the other hand, US-China cultural exchange programs have been terminated; News spread that visa periods of the Chinese Communist Party members and their families would be shortened.