BEIJING: China imposed visa restrictions and other sanctions on seven Taiwanese political figures on Tuesday as it mounts pressure on the self-governing island and the US in response to frequent congressional visits. The restrictions come a day after China announced more military exercises in the sea and surrounding skies Taiwan Because it has been called “collusion and provocation between the US and Taiwan”. “There is no word on the timing and scale of the Chinese practice.
They were announced on the same day that a US Congressional delegation met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, and after a similar visit by the US House Speaker. Nancy Pelosic, the highest level member of the US government to visit Taiwan in 25 years. The Chinese government object to any official contact with foreign governments because it considers Taiwan its territory, and its recent saber rattle has emphasized its threat of taking the island by military force.
In Washington, US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters that China had reacted with a “provocative and completely unnecessary reaction” to a congressional delegation that visited Taiwan earlier this month. Targets of China’s latest sanctions include Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US, Bikhim Xiao, and legislators Ker Chien-ming, Koo Lee-hsung, Tsai Chi-chang, Chen Jiau-hua and Wang Ting-yu, with activist Lin Fei-fan. The Communist Party’s Taiwan Work Office said he would be barred from traveling to mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao and from having any financial or personal ties with people and institutions on the mainland.
The measures were designed to “strongly punish” those considered to be “dearhard elements” supporting Taiwan’s independence, Chinese officials said. xinhua news agency Told. Premier Su Tseng-chang, Leader of the Legislature Aap Si-kun and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu Xinhua said those were already on China’s sanctions list and would face further sanctions. China maintains no legal authority over Taiwan and it is unclear what effect the sanctions will have.
They were announced on the same day that a US Congressional delegation met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, and after a similar visit by the US House Speaker. Nancy Pelosic, the highest level member of the US government to visit Taiwan in 25 years. The Chinese government object to any official contact with foreign governments because it considers Taiwan its territory, and its recent saber rattle has emphasized its threat of taking the island by military force.
In Washington, US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters that China had reacted with a “provocative and completely unnecessary reaction” to a congressional delegation that visited Taiwan earlier this month. Targets of China’s latest sanctions include Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US, Bikhim Xiao, and legislators Ker Chien-ming, Koo Lee-hsung, Tsai Chi-chang, Chen Jiau-hua and Wang Ting-yu, with activist Lin Fei-fan. The Communist Party’s Taiwan Work Office said he would be barred from traveling to mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao and from having any financial or personal ties with people and institutions on the mainland.
The measures were designed to “strongly punish” those considered to be “dearhard elements” supporting Taiwan’s independence, Chinese officials said. xinhua news agency Told. Premier Su Tseng-chang, Leader of the Legislature Aap Si-kun and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu Xinhua said those were already on China’s sanctions list and would face further sanctions. China maintains no legal authority over Taiwan and it is unclear what effect the sanctions will have.