China sanctions US lawmaker after his Tibet bill role

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(TibetanReview.net, Aug01’24) – In an action that has only symbolic value at best, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has on Jul 31 announced “countermeasures” against US Congressman Jim McGovern, a Democrat representing Massachusetts, “in response to his frequent words and deeds in recent years interfering in China’s internal affairs and undermining China’s sovereignty, security and development interests.” McGovern has called the sanctions absurd and said he would wear it as a badge of honour.

McGovern remains one of strongest voices on Tibet in the US Congress and is a co-author of the “Resolve Tibet Act” which President Joe Bien signed into law on Jul 12. T...

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