China on Friday slapped sanctions on two Americans, a former senior State Department official and a congressional aide, according to state media.
The financial and travel sanctions on Miles Maochun Yu and Todd Stein were imposed in response to U.S. sanctions announced Dec. 9 on two Chinese officials over human rights abuses in Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency stated.
“In accordance with China’s anti-foreign sanctions law, the Chinese side has decided to take reciprocal sanctions against Miles Maochun Yu and Todd Stein,” the Foreign Ministry announced.
The sanctions target the two Americans’ assets in China and bar organizations and people in China from engaging with them.