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The number of Americans named by the ministry exactly equals the number of Hong Kong and Chinese officials placed on a sanctions list by the US last week over the crackdown. China showed its determination to defy such pressure on Monday by arresting leading independent media tycoon Jimmy Lai and raiding the publisherࢀ™s headquarters. ࢀœThe relevant actions of the U.S. blatantly intervened in Hong Kong affairs, grossly interfered in Chinaࢀ™s internal affairs, and seriously violated international law and the basic norms of international relations,” foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily briefing on Monday. ࢀœChina urges the US…
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