CHINA-TAIWAN: CHINA SANCTIONS SEVEN TAIWANESE OFFICIALSFOR ALLEGEDLY SUPPORTING 'INDEPENDENCE'
Al Jazeera (August 16) reported that China has said it is blacklisting seven Taiwan officials,
including Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan's representative in the US, over their alleged support for the
self-ruled island’s independence. Calling them “stubborn ‘Taiwan independence’ players,”
Xinhua News Agency reported it banned them and their relatives from entering the Chinese
mainland, Hong Kong or Macao. The individuals’ affiliated organizations will meanwhile also
be barred from working with or profiting from connections with the mainland.
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