CHINA has placed sanctions on four members of the US government commission on international religious freedom (USCIRF) as the Biden administration escalates its hostilities.
The restrictions were imposed on Tuesday in retaliation for similar measures imposed by Washington which claims China is persecuting Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province.
USCIRF chairwoman Nadine Maenza, deputy chairman Nury Turkel and members Anurima Bhargava and James Carr are banned from entering China, Hong Kong and Macau.
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
From anonymous surveys claiming Chinese students are spying on each other to a meltdown about the size of China’s London embassy, the evidence is everywhere that Britain is embracing full spectrum Sinophobia as the war clouds gather, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE


