"the possibility of senior PRC officials making the sanctions list under the Magnitsky Act is very real" What?? I did not see any links supporting this comment in today's newsletter. Which officials, and what does this mean for them? Seems just the fact of those senior PRC officials having assets outside China will pose them problems. Can you provide any more color to this offhand comment?
Wow, personal sanctions against PRC officials and the government, freezing of their assets in the USA? That would really throw a wrench into relations, not to mention the work of the United Front Work Dept.
"Round-the-clock cyber court opens in Beijing" I would have chosen this route for my divorce AI over gaming divorce lawyers yes please.
"the possibility of senior PRC officials making the sanctions list under the Magnitsky Act is very real" What?? I did not see any links supporting this comment in today's newsletter. Which officials, and what does this mean for them? Seems just the fact of those senior PRC officials having assets outside China will pose them problems. Can you provide any more color to this offhand comment?
Wow, personal sanctions against PRC officials and the government, freezing of their assets in the USA? That would really throw a wrench into relations, not to mention the work of the United Front Work Dept.
this came out this afternoon https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/world/asia/us-china-sanctions-muslim-camps.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Just confirmed by The NY Times. On Aug 29th, Sen Marco Rubio wrote to State Dept and Treasury calling for action.
HI, it was in there, in the foreign and defense affairs section:
*U.S. Chiefs of Mission to the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Panama
Called Back for Consultations
<https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/09/285792.htm>* The Department of
State has called back the U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Robin
Bernstein, the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Jean Manes, and the U.S.
Charge d’Affaires in Panama Roxanne Cabral for consultations related to
recent decisions to no longer recognize Taiwan. Our three Chiefs of Mission
will meet with U.S. Government leaders to discuss ways in which the United
States can support strong, independent, democratic institutions and
economies throughout Central America and the Caribbean.