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The blacklistings come in retaliation for the US recently sanctioning Chinese officials in Hong Kong. Former United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross was sanctioned by China on Friday [File: Erin Scott/Reuters] China said on Friday that it has imposed counter-sanctions on United States individuals including former US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in response to recent US sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong. The sanctions are the first imposed by China under its new anti-foreign sanction law, passed in June, and come days before US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is due to visit China amid deeply...
