EU Ambassadors Reportedly Assemble China Sanctions List
European Union diplomats have agreed to impose new sanctions on 11 individuals and entities for their role in human rights abuses in China, Germany's DW Akademie reported. The new sanctions will include an asset freeze and a travel ban and…
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will apply to individuals and entities from China and other countries. The measures are expected to be formally approved March 22 and will mark the EU's first sanctions against China since a 1989 arms embargo following the Tiananmen Square massacre. Two EU diplomats said that the list includes four Chinese officials and one entity accused of violating the human rights of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China's Xinjiang region, DW reported. Sanctions also will be levied against officials from Russia, Libya, South Sudan and North Korea.