{"id":5591,"date":"2023-04-07T16:30:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2023-04-07T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:30:28","slug":"china-sanctions-reagan-library-in-response-of-tsais-us-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/asia\/asia-pacific\/china\/china-sanctions-reagan-library-in-response-of-tsais-us-trip\/2023\/04\/07\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"China sanctions Reagan library in response of Tsai\u2019s US trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAIPEI,<\/span>Taiwan<\/span> (AP)<\/span> \u2014<\/span> China<\/span> retaliated<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> House<\/span> speaker’s<\/span> meeting<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> Taiwanese<\/span> president<\/span> by<\/span> announcing<\/span> sanctions<\/span> Friday<\/span> against<\/span> the<\/span> Ronald<\/span> Reagan<\/span> Presidential<\/span> Library<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> organizations,<\/span> adding<\/span> to<\/span> strains<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> self-governed<\/span> island<\/span> democracy<\/span> Beijing<\/span> claims<\/span> as<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> its<\/span> territory.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Republican<\/span> House<\/span> Speaker<\/span> Kevin<\/span> McCarthy<\/span> held<\/span> talks<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> with<\/span> President<\/span> Tsai<\/span> Ing-wen<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Reagan<\/span> library<\/span> in<\/span> Simi<\/span> Valley,<\/span> California,<\/span> in<\/span> defiance<\/span> of<\/span> Chinese<\/span> warnings.<\/span> McCarthy<\/span> joined<\/span> a<\/span> growing<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> foreign<\/span> legislators<\/span> who<\/span> have<\/span> met<\/span> Tsai<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> show<\/span> of<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> face<\/span> of<\/span> Chinese<\/span> intimidation.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>U.S.-Chinese<\/span> relations<\/span> have<\/span> sunk<\/span> to<\/span> their<\/span> lowest<\/span> level<\/span> in<\/span> decades<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> disputes<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> status<\/span> of<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> which<\/span> split<\/span> with<\/span> China<\/span> in<\/span> 1949<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> civil<\/span> war,<\/span> as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> security,<\/span> technology<\/span> and<\/span> Beijing’s<\/span> treatment<\/span> of<\/span> Hong<\/span> Kong<\/span> and<\/span> Muslim<\/span> ethnic<\/span> minorities.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>China’s<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Affairs<\/span> announced<\/span> the<\/span> Reagan<\/span> library<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Hudson<\/span> Institute,<\/span> a<\/span> Washington<\/span> think<\/span> tank,<\/span> were<\/span> sanctioned<\/span> for<\/span> \u201cproviding<\/span> a<\/span> platform<\/span> and<\/span> convenience<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> separatist<\/span> activities.\u201d<\/span> It<\/span> said<\/span> Chinese<\/span> institutions<\/span> were<\/span> prohibited<\/span> from<\/span> having<\/span> any<\/span> cooperation<\/span> or<\/span> contact<\/span> with<\/span> them.<\/span> As<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> her<\/span> visit<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States,<\/span> Ms.<\/span> Tsai<\/span> received<\/span> a<\/span> Leadership<\/span> Award<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Hudson<\/span> Institute<\/span> and<\/span> delivered<\/span> a<\/span> speech<\/span> on<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> regional<\/span> security<\/span> challenges.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

McCarthy’s<\/span> predecessor,<\/span> Nancy<\/span> Pelosi,<\/span> flew<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> in<\/span> August<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> Tsai.<\/span> Members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> European<\/span> Parliament<\/span> have<\/span> also<\/span> visited<\/span> the<\/span> island.<\/span> Meanwhile,<\/span> another<\/span> congressional<\/span> delegation<\/span> is<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> land<\/span> in<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> and<\/span> meet<\/span> with<\/span> President<\/span> Tsai<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>In<\/span> addition,<\/span> two<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> groups<\/span> in<\/span> Asia,<\/span> the<\/span> Prospect<\/span> Foundation<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Council<\/span> of<\/span> Asian<\/span> Liberals<\/span> and<\/span> Democrats,<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> sanctioned<\/span> for<\/span> their<\/span> involvement<\/span> in<\/span> promoting<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> independence<\/span> “under<\/span> the<\/span> guise<\/span> of<\/span> academic<\/span> and<\/span> research<\/span> exchanges,”<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> Affairs<\/span> said.<\/span> Bureau<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Zhu<\/span> Fenglian<\/span> said.<\/span>\u00a0The<\/span> Prospect<\/span> Foundation<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> government-funded<\/span> think<\/span> tank<\/span> in<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> that<\/span> engages<\/span> in<\/span> dialogue<\/span> and<\/span> cooperation<\/span> on<\/span> issues<\/span> related<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> security,<\/span> economic<\/span> and<\/span> social<\/span> development.<\/span> The<\/span> Asian<\/span> Liberal<\/span> Democratic<\/span> Party<\/span> Council<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> Thailand-based<\/span> regional<\/span> organization<\/span> that<\/span> promotes<\/span> exchanges<\/span> between<\/span> liberal<\/span> and<\/span> democratic<\/span> political<\/span> parties<\/span> in<\/span> Asia,<\/span> including<\/span> its<\/span> member<\/span> Progressive<\/span> Democratic<\/span> Party<\/span> of<\/span> Taiwan.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Separately,<\/span> the<\/span> Taiwanese<\/span> Office<\/span> announced<\/span> further<\/span> sanctions<\/span> against<\/span> Xiao<\/span> Bikim,<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> representative<\/span> in<\/span> Taiwan.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Xiao’s<\/span> ban<\/span> doesn’t<\/span> seem<\/span> too<\/span> different<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> ban<\/span> Pelosi<\/span> imposed<\/span> on<\/span> her<\/span> when<\/span> she<\/span> visited<\/span> Taiwan.<\/span> China<\/span> has<\/span> announced<\/span> sanctions<\/span> against<\/span> a<\/span> list<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> DPP<\/span> and<\/span> ruling<\/span> government,<\/span> including<\/span> Xiao.<\/span> It<\/span> has<\/span> since<\/span> banned<\/span> individuals,<\/span> their<\/span> families<\/span> and<\/span> related<\/span> organizations<\/span> from<\/span> traveling<\/span> or<\/span> working<\/span> in<\/span> China,<\/span> including<\/span> Hong<\/span> Kong.<\/span> It<\/span> also<\/span> includes<\/span> all<\/span> of<\/span> Xiao’s<\/span> financial<\/span> sponsors,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> Friday’s<\/span> announcement.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TAIPEI,Taiwan (AP) \u2014 China retaliated for the United States House speaker’s meeting with the Taiwanese president by announcing sanctions Friday against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other organizations, adding to strains over the self-governed island democracy Beijing claims as part of its territory. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held talks Wednesday with President Tsai […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2425,2400,2409,2443,24,26,280],"tags":[3113,3506,3116,3118,3119,3120,3121,3496,3497,3498,3499,3500,3501,3502,152,3503,1536,3504,1861,3505],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ch.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5595,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5591\/revisions\/5595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}