Beijing-Sana
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Ziguang today summoned Robert Forden, deputy head of the US mission at the US Embassy in China, to lodge a formal protest and strongly condemn the so-called US sanctions against senior officials of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
"The move of the US side severely violated the basic rules governing international relations, interfered in China's internal affairs and harmed China-US relations," Chinese Xinhua news agency quoted Cheng Zze as saying in a statement.
He added, "China expresses its strong indignation and strong condemnation of these moves," describing them as "a heinous and unscrupulous act."
Yesterday, the administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of sanctions on 14 prominent deputies in the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, including freezing any assets they may possess on American soil and preventing them from traveling to the United States, an act that China has strongly condemned and described as "political thuggery." “.