London | The US, EU, Canada and Britain have slapped sanctions on China over its abuses of the Uighur people, in a sharp escalation in Western tensions with Beijing.
The Western allies on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) simultaneously announced travel bans and asset freezes on four senior Xinjiang officials and the Chinese region’s Public Security Bureau, the first time Brussels has imposed sanctions on China since Tiananmen Square in 1989.
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