WorldECR | Beijing imposes sanctions on US lawmakers over their comments

China’s Foreign Ministry announced “countermeasures” against US Congressman Jim McGovern, saying the Massachusetts Democrat “frequently makes remarks and takes actions that interfere in China’s internal affairs and undermine China’s sovereignty, security and development interests.”

According to the July 31 directive, all movable, immovable and other properties related to McGovern in China will be frozen.

McGovern is the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee and a member of the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which focuses on China’s human rights record.

The congressman said he would “proudly consider this sanction an honor,” and said if China’s leaders “don’t like people publicly criticizing their horrible human rights record, then maybe they should improve their horrible human rights record.”