China on Friday slapped new sanctions in opposition to Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to Washington and introduced restrictions in opposition to two US organisations, which hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen throughout her US stopover, as Beijing continued to lambast her go to as a severe affront to its “territorial sovereignty” and interference in inner affairs.

Additional sanctions on Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan’s de facto ambassador in Washington, have been imposed following Tsai Ing-wen’s high-profile go to to the US.

“Hsiao Bi-khim and her relations can be barred from coming into the Chinese language mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, whereas corporations related to Hsiao won’t be allowed to work with mainland organisations and people,” China’s state media reported on Friday.

“Hsiao solicited international assist and regarded for US assist for the independence agenda to deliberately provoke confrontations throughout the Taiwan Straits and undermine cross-Straits peace and stability, which additional uncovered her diehard nature of in search of ‘Taiwan independence’,” official information company Xinhua reported.

Measures in opposition to the Taiwanese diplomat embody “…strictly banning Hsiao and her relations from coming into the mainland and the particular administrative areas of Hong Kong and Macao, banning her monetary sponsors and associated companies from cooperating with mainland organisations and people”.

“Wow, the PRC (Folks’s Republic of China) simply sanctioned me once more, for the second time,” Hsiao tweeted in response to the announcement.

She had been sanctioned final yr after then US Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island.

Individually, China “…determined to take countermeasures in opposition to the Hudson Institute, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the related folks answerable for these organisations,” the Chinese language international ministry additionally introduced on Friday.

Whereas the library was the place Tsai met US Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the Hudson Institute offered a International Management Award to the Taiwanese chief in New York.

China had earlier warned it could take “resolute and powerful measures” in response to Tsai’s assembly with McCarthy.

Beijing claims the self-governed island as its personal territory and has not dominated out using drive in merging it with the mainland.