After European and U.S. countries sanctioned a number of Chinese officials for human rights issues in Xinjiang, the Communist Party of China (CPC) retaliated by announcing sanctions against nine British personnel and four entities on March 26, in addition to launching various official media attacks on a number of international brands.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry website announced on March 26 that sanctions were imposed on nine British officials and four entities, including: Tugenhardt, Duncan Smith, O’Brien, Alton, Lawton, Gurney, Kennedy, Ness, Finlay, as well as the China Study Group, the Conservative Human Rights Committee, the Uyghur Independence Tribunal, and the Uyghur Independence Commission. “Uyghur Independent Tribunal”, Essex Park Barristers. With immediate effect, they are banned from entering China (including Hong Kong and Macau), their assets are frozen, and Chinese citizens and institutions are prohibited from trading with them.
A few days ago, the Chinese Communist Party announced that China had imposed sanctions on 10 persons and 4 entities of the European Union, including: MEPs Petitkopfel, Geller, Glucksman, Kuchuk and Lexman, MEP Scherzma of the Dutch Parliament, MEP Kograti of the Belgian Parliament, MEP Sakaliane of the Lithuanian Parliament, German academic Zheng Guon, Swedish academic Ye Biyan, the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament Human Rights Sub-Committee, German Mercator Center for Chinese Studies, and Danish Democratic Union Foundation. The people involved and their families were banned from entering the mainland as well as Hong Kong and Macau, and they and their affiliated companies and institutions were restricted from doing business with the CCP.
This is a series of retaliatory measures taken by the CCP after the EU, UK, Canada, and US imposed travel bans and asset freezes on four CCP officials and one entity for massive human rights violations against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang on March 22.
In the following days, the Chinese Communist Party has once again exercised its “War Wolf” nature, using major official media to attack a large number of well-known foreign companies at full throttle and encourage a national boycott. These international brands include H&M, Burberry, Adidas, Nike, New Balance, etc., all of which have made statements about “refusing to use Xinjiang cotton”.
Pulin, a doctoral student in politics at Tulane University who worked at Taiwan‘s Institute for National Defense and Security Studies, told Radio Free Asia overseas that the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign propaganda agency has a “red line” on relevant political issues and cannot go against the central government’s tone, so whether there is evidence or not, the Chinese Communist Party could be behind the boycott.
In response to the Chinese Communist Party’s move, Kyle Bass, founder of Hayman Capital and a well-known U.S. hedge fund mogul, blasted the Chinese Communist Party on Fox News’ “Mornings with Maria” on March 25 and warned U.S. companies that “We have to stop doing business with the (Chinese) evil regime.”
Yang Wei, a commentator on current affairs, said that the Chinese Communist Party is suddenly caught in a diplomatic dilemma with the United States and the European Union, which it knows cannot be resolved, and what is worse, it cannot be accounted for internally, so it has to take the path of fomenting nationalism again, with the intention of covering up the diplomatic failure. However, such an approach can not really eliminate the bad impact of diplomacy, but also difficult to shirk responsibility, the Chinese Communist Party aimed at foreign manufacturers last year’s statement, now suddenly set off retaliatory behavior, the real harm or the Chinese economy and the people’s employment, but also now the top of the Chinese Communist Party to face the dilemma of helplessness.
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