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China threatens ‘countermeasures’ over EU sanctions

EU ambassadors have agreed to sanctions over human rights violations targeting the Uyghur population.

BY JAKOB HANKE VELA

China has warned it will retaliate against any EU sanctions imposed over the persecution of Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang.

EU ambassadors on Wednesday agreed to sanction four Chinese individuals and one entity over human rights violations targeting the Uyghur population, according to multiple diplomats. The measures are expected to be formally approved at a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday.

"It is reported that the European Union is considering imposing sanctions against Chinese officials for so-called human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. If it presses ahead with the sanctions, then it can expect countermeasures," wrote China Daily, the official mouthpiece of China's Communist Party.

"The sanctions represent interference in China's internal affairs, which is something China will never accept," the paper said in an editorial, representing the view from the upper ranks of party.

It is not clear whether Chinese countermeasures would target individuals or take some other form.