Focus on Arts and Ecology

April 7, 2023 

China has decided to take countermeasures against the Hudson Institute, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the relevant people in charge of these U.S. organizations, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.

The countermeasures follow China's firm opposition towards the U.S. for allowing the leader of China's Taiwan region, Tsai Ing-wen, to transit through the U.S. and engage in political activities from March 29 to 31 and April 4 to 6, the ministry said.

According to the statement, universities, institutions and other organizations and individuals in China are now prohibited from conducting exchanges and cooperation with the two U.S. institutions and four senior representatives from these two organizations are prohibited from entering China.

See the timeline of Tsai's transit trips through the U.S. and the countries severing ties with Taiwan and establishing ties with the PRC. 

More headlines: 

· The Chinese embassy in the United States on April 5, 2023, slammed some U.S. politicians as irresponsible problem-makers hours after Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen met with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California

· More than 50 parties and organizations in the Taiwan region have strongly condemned the meeting between Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, and other U.S. politicians

· Protesters rallied outside the venue where Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen met with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. They protested against any infringement on peace, and damage to U.S.-China relations

· "We firmly oppose all forms of official interaction between the United States and Taiwan and any visit by leader of the Taiwan authorities to the United States in any name or under whatever pretext," said the spokesperson of China's Ministry of National Defense. "We firmly oppose the U.S. side's contact with the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in any form, which violates the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiques."

(Sources: China Report)