State media claimed Friday that China had barred Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US, Hsiao Bi-khim, and her family from entering the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau.
China’s Taiwan Relations Administration likewise barred Hsiao-affiliated investors from working with mainland entities.
These follow Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-meeting wen’s with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a stopover in the U.S. this week.
“Wow, the PRC (People’s Republic of China) just sanctioned me again,” Hsiao tweeted.
China’s Foreign Ministry also took action against the Hudson Institute and Reagan Library and its leaders for supporting Tsai’s separatist efforts.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry was furious, saying China had no right to “butt in” on Tsai’s abroad excursions and that Beijing was “deceiving itself” if it thought the penalties would work.
“It intensifies our people’s hostility and shows the communist regime’s illogical and ridiculous character,” it stated.
Taiwan is part of China. Taiwan denies Chinese claims.
The Chinese foreign ministry immediately barred colleges, institutions, and other organizations and persons from working with the Hudson Institute, Reagan Library, and their directors.
It stated China had barred the leaders from entering and blocked their Chinese assets.
No response was given.
Senior Taiwanese officials seldom visit China, and Chinese courts have no authority in Taiwan.
The Prospect Foundation, led by a former Taiwanese foreign minister, and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, co-founded in 1993 by Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), were sanctioned by China.
China’s Taiwan Relations Administration accused institutions of pushing “Taiwan independence” abroad.
As then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August, China slapped restrictions, including an entrance ban on seven Taiwanese officials and politicians, including Hsiao, whom it called “independence diehards,” drawing outrage from the democratically run island.
DPP leaders and Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu were also sanctioned in August.
Hsiao’s punishments were “absurd,” DPP MP Chao Tien-lin told parliament reporters.
“This will not affect her,” he stated.
