China sanctioned the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the Hudson Institute on Friday in retaliation for Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to the library in Southern California this week.
China warned its constituents not to do business with the Simi Valley-based library or the Hudson think tank. Chinese officials said the sanctions were because the organizations “provid[ed] a platform and convenience to Taiwan separatist activities.”Tsai had accepted an award from the Hudson Institute while on her overseas trip and met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Reagan Library. She also gave a speech about Taiwan’s challenges in regional security.
The Chinese government also sanctioned Sarah May Stern, chairwoman of the Hudson Institute board of directors, John Walters, the institute's director, John Heubusch, former executive director of the Reagan Foundation, and Joanne Drake, the foundation's chief administrator, barring them from visiting China and freezing any property or financial assets belonging to them in China.
The sanctions come as ties between the United States and China sinks to its lowest levels in decades. The U.S. still observes its"One China" policy, which recognizes mainland China as the only official government of China, despite Taiwan's break from the mainland, and designating itself as a sovereign state following a civil war in 1949.
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