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        "id": 1617958,
        "msgid": "china-sanctions-against-marco-rubio-valid-only-during-senate-tenure-1773672777",
        "date": "2026-03-16 20:37:14",
        "title": "China: Sanctions against Marco Rubio valid only during Senate tenure",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "China's Foreign Ministry clarified that its ban on Marco Rubio entering Chinese territory, imposed in August 2020 when he was a US senator, applies only to his Senate role and not his current position as US Secretary of State. The ministry stated the sanctions were linked to Rubio's statements and actions regarding China while serving as a senator, including his criticism of Beijing's human rights record in Xinjiang.",
        "content": "<p>Beijing \u2013 China\u2019s Foreign Ministry stated that sanctions barring\nentry into China against United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio\napply only to his position as a senator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sanctions are related to Rubio\u2019s statements and actions\nregarding China whilst he served as a senator,\u201d said Chinese Foreign\nMinistry spokesperson Lin Jian during a press conference in Beijing on\nMonday.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that on 10 August 2020, the Chinese government\nimposed a ban on entry into China against Marco Rubio whilst he was\nstill serving as a Republican Party senator, along with several other\nRepublican Party politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio and the Republican Party politicians were accused of\n\u201cattempting to intervene in China\u2019s internal affairs\u201d by criticising\nhuman rights violations in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio, aged 54, who was first elected as a Senate member in 2010, is\nknown for his hardline stance against Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, and China.\nIn the Senate, Rubio was among the most vocal critics of China,\ndescribing the country as a \u201cthreat that will define this century.\u201d He\nalso took a hardline position against Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond warning of national security risks, Rubio also sought to hold\nChina accountable for human rights violations. In 2020, Beijing\nresponded to Rubio\u2019s criticism by banning him from entering the\ncountry.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio stated that much of China\u2019s growth has come at the expense of\nthe United States, and \u201cwithin less than 10 years, almost everything\nthat matters to us in life will depend on whether China allows us to\nhave it or not\u2014from the blood pressure medications we consume to the\nfilms we are allowed to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also pledged to strengthen Taiwan\u2019s defence, the self-governing\ndemocratic island claimed by Beijing, to prevent \u201cdevastating military\nintervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio previously also spearheaded efforts to ban TikTok, arguing that\nthe application spreads \u201cpro-Hamas, anti-Israel propaganda\u201d and poses an\n\u201cexistential threat to our nation.\u201d<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/china-sanctions-against-marco-rubio-valid-only-during-senate-tenure-1773672777",
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