China sanctions UK businesses, MPs and lawyers in Xinjiang row
2021-03-26 09:44:23 source：The Guardian
March 26, 2021
China has sanctioned organisations and individuals in the United Kingdom over what it called “lies and disinformation” about Xinjiang, after Britain imposed sanctions for human rights abuses in the western Chinese region.
The Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement that it sanctioned four entities and nine individuals, including the former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith and the Conservative party’s own Human Rights Commission.
Other individuals named were the Conservative MPs Tom Tugendhat (who chairs the foreign affairs select committee), Nus Ghani and Tim Loughton; as well as a member of the Lords, David Alton. Helena Kennedy QC, the barrister Geoffrey Nice and the China academic Joanne Nicola Smith Finley were also on the list. The entities included the China Research Group, Uyghur Tribunal and Essex Court Chambers.
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