The US has imposed sanctions on Chinese government officials and party officials. Because of the repression of the Uighurs, a Muslim minority in China, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced visa restrictions against Chinese government and Communist Party officials.
The US blames or blames them for detaining and mistreating Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region of China. Family members of those affected may also be affected, Pompeo said. Details did not call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It also remained unclear how many people were affected overall.
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US Secretary of State announced the punitive measures against Chinese officials
The human rights organization Human Rights Watch estimates that in the autonomous region of Xinjiang in northwestern China, one million people live in reeducation camps, most of them being Uighurs. They are ethnically related to the Turks and feel oppressed by the ruling Han Chinese. The Beijing government accuses Uighur groups of separatism and terrorism.
Although the Chinese government stated that it had fired almost all camp inmates. Many people are still being held as forced laborers.
"Brutal oppression"
The US government has been denouncing the conditions in Xinjiang for a long time, and the Communist Party is maintaining "concentration camps". It was only on Monday that the US Department of Commerce had blacklisted 28 Chinese government and trade organizations to restrict exports for "brutal repression" of the Uighur Muslim minority. The statement of reasons stated that the companies involved were involved in human rights violations against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
According to Pompeo, the visa restrictions are a complementary measure. The Chinese leadership had sharply criticized the actions of the Ministry of Commerce.
The US and China have been fiercely engaged in a trade dispute for more than a year. There will be new trade talks between the two sides in Washington later this week.
