Reporter : Zhong Xuan / Editor : Yang Xiao, Sound Of Hope / Direct translation
Ref : https://www.soundofhope.org/post/410074
Image : White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany (Web Screenshot)
After the United States announced sanctions on 11 senior officials from China and Hong Kong who undermined Hong Kong’s freedom last Friday (August 7), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China August 10 (Monday) said that 11 Americans will be sanctioned, including a number of members of Congress who are hawks against the CCP and individuals in civil human rights organizations. The White House responded on Monday afternoon that the CCP’s sanctions are ineffective and President Trump will continue to treat the CCP hard and fight its threat.
White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany said at a briefing on the afternoon of August 10 (Monday): "The Chinese Communist Party has not taken meaningful actions, such as the immediate abolition of national security (implemented in Hong Kong). Law, stopped the systematic suppression of Uyghurs, but chose this symbolic and ineffective action (referring to sanctions on 11 Americans)."
She said: "More and more countries around the world are asking Beijing to take concrete actions."
Although McEnany did not disclose what the U.S. government will respond to next, she said: "The President (Trump) is resolutely opposed to China (CCP) and will continue to do so."
The CCP’s sanctions target six Republican lawmakers: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley and Pat · Toomey (Pat Toomey) and Federal Representative Chris Smith (Chris Smith), as well as individuals from non-profit organizations and human rights organizations.
But there is no Trump official on the CCP’s sanctions list.
American lawmakers are not afraid of the CCP
Those U.S. congressmen who were sanctioned by the CCP on August 10 (Monday) have been criticizing Beijing for imposing new national security laws on Hong Kong or suppressing Uighurs in Xinjiang, ignoring any CCP sanctions.
Senator Holly’s office issued a statement stating that Holly will not "retire" and will "continue to defend the interests of the United States."
The spokesperson of the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian, did not say anything about sanctions.
Cruz: Arresting Li Zhiying does not work either
Cruz also tweeted that the Chinese Communist Party believes that the repression of Hong Kong can be distracted by re-announcement of sanctions that would otherwise be untrustworthy, including the arrest of freedom fighters such as Li Zhiying. This does not work.
On Monday, the CCP arrested a number of Hong Kong residents, including media mogul Li Zhiying, on the grounds of the National Security Act, which triggered another international condemnation of the "Hong Kong National Security Act" and the CCP's actions.
However, Li Zhiying's Next Media stock rose sharply, indicating that investors are supporting him in this way.
Due to the CCP virus epidemic, the United States has suffered heavy casualties and the CCP’s persecution of Hong Kong and Xinjiang people has caused the confrontation between the United States and China to become fierce in recent months. The US Treasury Department also imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, as well as Hong Kong’s current and former police chiefs, the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and senior officials of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office on Friday.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated that the United States will "stand with the people of Hong Kong, and we will use our tools and power to fight against those who undermine its autonomy."
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Reporter : Li Yun / Editor: Li Quan, NTDTV
Ref : https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/08/10/a102914819.html / Direct translation
After the United States recently announced sanctions on 11 current and former Hong Kong and CCP officials, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 10th that it would impose sanctions on 11 U.S. officials. The list includes U.S. Senators Cruz, Rubio and Congressman Smith, three of whom were also sanctioned by the CCP in July. Netizens ridiculed that the CCP’s move was an international joke, announcing its opposition to human rights to the world.
On August 10, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, Zhao Lijian, hosted a regular press conference and announced sanctions against 11 Americans, including the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" and the "Hong Kong Self-Government Act". US Senators Ted Cruz and Ruby Austria (Marco Rubio).
In addition to the above two people, they also include US Representative Smith (Chris Smith), Senators Josh Hawley (Josh Hawley), Cotton (Tom Cotton), Tu Mi (Pat Toomey), and the President of the National Foundation for Democracy. Carl Gershman, Derek Mitchell, president of the American Association for the Democracy of International Affairs, Daniel Twining, president of the American International Republican Institute, Kenneth Roth, executive chairman of Human Rights Watch, and Abramovich, president of Freedom House Ramowitz (Michael Abramowitz).
However, Zhao Lijian did not disclose the specific content of the sanctions on 11 Americans.
The 11 U.S. officials mentioned above have criticized the CCP’s persecution of ethnic minorities and faith groups in China.
Prior to this, the United States announced on the 7th that 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials would be sanctioned, including Xia Baolong, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China, Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office at the ministerial level, Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office at the ministerial level, and the Office of the National Security Agency in Hong Kong. Long Zheng Yanxiong, and Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.
According to the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, sanctioned officials and their immediate family members will be denied entry to the United States, and their existing visas, green cards, and even their nationality will be revoked; direct or indirect property and transactions in the United States will be blocked and reported to the Treasury Ministry of Foreign Assets Control Office. If the secondary sanctions are implemented on the sanctions involving banks, the sanctioned officials may still face the dilemma of nowhere to save or even transfer money.
The United States also announced to the world the passports and other document information of 11 people, their home addresses, and the reasons for sanctioning them-undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and restricting the freedom of speech and association of Hong Kong citizens.
In addition, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the State Department also included four CCP officials and the Xinjiang Public Security Department on the sanctions list on July 9 for major human rights violations. Including Xinjiang Party Committee Secretary Chen Quanguo, former Xinjiang Political and Legal Committee Secretary Zhu Hailun, Xinjiang Public Security Department Director Wang Mingshan, and former Xinjiang Public Security Department Party Committee Secretary Huo Liujun.
According to regulations, all assets and entities directly or indirectly held by sanctioned targets in the United States will be frozen. The United States will prohibit persons in the United States from trading goods or services with sanctioned individuals and entities owned by them. The immediate family members of Chen Quanguo, Zhu Hailun, and Wang Mingshan were also prohibited from entering the United States.
On July 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China announced that in response to the United States’ sanctions on Chinese officials on Xinjiang affairs, China decided to impose corresponding sanctions on four U.S. Senators Rubio, Cruz, and Representative Smith from now on. However, the CCP also did not disclose the specific sanctions.
Zhou Yongsheng, a professor at the Beijing Foreign Affairs University, believes that the CCP’s move is unwise, because China's strength is limited, its strength and influence are limited and it is difficult to work. Samp, a Hong Kong current affairs commentator, believes that the CCP is playing something that it cannot handle at all. He believes that there is no administrative agency on the CCP's sanctions list, which shows that (the CCP) is picky and picky, and specifically selects Republicans and congressmen to attack.
Many netizens ridiculed that the CCP’s move was a joke, and once again announced its opposition to human rights to the world.
"What's the use of sanctioning people? No assets, no wives and children in China."
"This can be seen as an international joke, isn't this cheering on these congressmen?"
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