Pompeo, 27 Others Barred From Entering China for Offending Chinese People

China will “sanction” 28 former Trump administration officials, including ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, for “their selfish political interests and prejudice and hatred against China,” said the Foreign Affairs Ministry Wednesday, hours before Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th U.S. president. It also listed former National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien and former Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, but not former President Donald Trump. The dignitaries are “prohibited” from entering China, Hong Kong and Macao, “and companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing business with China,” said the ministry. It blasted the officials for having “executed a series of crazy moves which have gravely interfered in China's internal affairs, undermined China's interests, offended the Chinese people, and seriously disrupted China-U.S. relations.” Efforts to reach the officials for comment were unsuccessful.