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State Department Sanctions Chinese Officials Involved in Malign Foreign Influence Activities

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State Department Sanctions Chinese Officials Involved in Malign Foreign Influence Activities
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on Oct. 21, 2020. -NICHOLAS KAMM/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Cathy He
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Dec. 4 announced visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who are involved in malign foreign influence activities.

The State Department may now deny entry to officials in the regime’s United Front Work Department (UFWD) “who have engaged in malign activities to co-opt and coerce those who oppose Beijing’s policies,” Pompeo wrote in a tweet.

Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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