On Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said China would respond "appropriately and necessary" to the new sanctions imposed on its ambassadors by the State Department.
Mike Pompeo, the top US diplomat,
introduced the sanctions on Wednesday, including allowing Chinese diplomats to
visit universities or meet with local officials.
He said the measures contradicted the old
controls imposed on US diplomats in China.
U.S. ambassadors must obtain permission
from the authorities to meet, deliver, or visit universities.
A spokesman for the US embassy in Beijing
said the permit was "permanently revoked" or revoked at the last
minute.
Unapproved travel to Tibet is also
excessive.
The two countries are engaged in a
powerful struggle against trade, security and technology, while the Corona
virus and rights issues have further poisoned relations from Hong Kong to the
Uighur minority in Xinjiang.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman in
Beijing on Thursday warned that it would respond "appropriately and necessarily"
to the sanctions imposed on its ambassadors.
Hua Chunying told reporters that the ban
on Chinese diplomats was "a serious violation of international law and the
fundamental principles of international relations."
Pompeo's recent move means that Chinese
diplomats in the United States will also have to seek the approval of more than
50 people for any cultural event outside the embassy or consulate.
In addition, the embassy's social media
accounts must be identified’ as Chinese government accounts.
A US embassy spokesman told AFP that the
United States was not covering "every aspect of China's serious
obstacles."
Nevertheless, these measures are likely to
increase diplomatic animosity between the United Nations.
In July, the United States ordered the
closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, signaling to Beijing to close the
US mission in Chengdu.
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