China sanctions US academic institutions for hosting Taiwan president
China has announced sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Los Angeles and the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C., hitting back at the United States for allowing a stopover by Taiwan’s president.
‘In disregard of China’s repeated representations and firm opposition, the United States insisted on allowing Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen to “transit” to the United States to engage in political activities from March 29 to 31 and April 4 to 6, 2023,’ China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
‘The Hudson Institute and the Reagan Library in the United States provided a platform and convenience for Tsai Ing-wen to engage in “Taiwan independence” separatist activities in the United States, which seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, and seriously damaged China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,’ the ministry said.
The sanctions ‘restrict [Chinese] universities, institutions and other organizations and individuals… from conducting transactions, exchanges, cooperation and other activities with them.’
Four persons affiliated with the two institutions – Sarah May Stern, John P. Walters, John Heubusch, and Joanne M. Drake – were also designated.
