China sanctioned a Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, for his visit to Taiwan, saying he violated the “One China” principle that says Beijing has sovereignty over the island.
In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, left, attends a luncheon with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, during a visit by a Congressional delegation to Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan, April 8, China sanctioned Rep. McCaul Thursday, April 13, for his visit to Taiwan, saying he violated the "One China" principle that says Beijing has sovereignty over the island.
The mainland's ruling Communist Party says Taiwan, which split from the mainland in 1949 amid a civil war, must be reunited with China by force if necessary. Beijing says Taipei has no right to conduct foreign relations and views visits by U.S. lawmakers to the island as violating its claims of sovereignty.
The sanctions against Rep. Michael McCaul include freezing his assets and properties in China, prohibiting any organization or individual in China from conducting transactions or working with him, and denying him a visa to enter the country, according to a statement Thursday from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It's one of several rounds of sanctions China announced as tensions build between Beijing and Washington. China retaliated for U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's meeting on April 5 with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen by
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