China Sanctions Former Japanese Official Working With Taiwan
Beijing this week sanctioned former Japanese senior military official Shigeru Iwasaki for accepting a role as a "political consultant" for the Taiwanese government, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Dec. 15 at a press conference. Iwasaki is "colluding with 'Taiwan…
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independence' separatist forces and making provocations," the spokesperson said during a regular daily meeting with reporters. "This amounts to a severe violation of the one-China principle and the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, a blatant interference in China’s internal affairs, and a grave infringement on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity." China designated Iwasaki under its Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, which freezes any assets he may hold in China, blocks Chinese organizations and people from carrying out transactions with him, and more.