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Just hours after Joe Biden had been inaugurated as President of the United States, China announced a sweeping set of sanctions targeting 28 former officials of the Trump administration who had been particularly aggressive in their criticism of Beijing, with the most notable being former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.  A …

Speaking at a daily media briefing on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian expressed his strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the Five Eyes countries for their flagrant violations of international law and basic norms of international relations following comments made by the Western allies on Wednesday.  Zhao’s rebuttal …