Republican Senator Ted Cruz is being sanctioned China says. Republican Senator Marco Rubio is being sanctioned, China says. Previous NextThe foreign ministry said it would apply sanctions against U.S. 11 officials including Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio starting today, in response to Washington’s move on Friday to impose sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials whom it accused of curtailing political freedoms in the city. Last month, China had already announced sanctions against Cruz, Rubio and other U.S. officials after Washington penalised senior Chinese officials over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region. Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth and National Endowment for Democracy president Carl Gershman are also on the sanctions list.

Source: The Standard August 10, 2020 09:00 UTC