China Sanctions Former Trump Administration Officials

China announced sanctions on 28 Trump administration officials and advisers who have “seriously violated China's sovereignty,” according to a Jan. 20 statement by China's Foreign Ministry. The sanctions target former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, former White House adviser Peter Navarro and others. The sanctions include a ban on traveling to mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau and will prohibit the former officials from “doing business with China.”