beijing china said wednesday it was sanctioning more than two dozen members and exofficials in former president donald trumps government including his secretary of state mike pompeo for violating the countrys sovereignty by making crazy policy movesthe move came as us president joe biden took the oath of office in washington ushering in a new administration that is expected to remain tough on china but commit to international cooperation after trumps divisive america first approachover the past few years some antichina politicians in the united states out of their selfish political interests and prejudice and hatred against china and showing no regard for the interests of the chinese and american people have planned promoted and executed a series of crazy moves chinas foreign ministry said in a statementthose actions it added have gravely interfered in chinas internal affairs undermined chinas interests offended the chinese people and seriously disrupted chinaus relationschina has decided to sanction 28 persons who have seriously violated chinas sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for such us moves on chinarelated issues the foreign ministry saidapart from pompeo those sanctioned include trump trade advisor peter navarro national security advisor robert obrien assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs david stilwell health secretary alex azar and un envoy kelly craft among othersbeijing also sanctioned former trump national security advisor john bolton and former senior advisor steve bannonthe officials and their family members will be prohibited from entering mainland china hong kong and macau the foreign ministry saidthey and companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing business with china it addedbolton a hawkish veteran diplomat who has been a frequent critic of trump since leaving the administration in september 2019 wrote on twitter that he was proud to have prompted beijings wrathive been sanctioned by the communist chinese government for nasty behavior he posted great news for an inauguration day i accept this prestigious recognition of my unrelenting efforts to defend american freedomthroughout his last days in office trump butted heads with china over trade security technology the origins of the covid19 pandemic and the rights of people from hong kong to xinjiang home to the countrys uighur minorityon tuesday the administrations last full day in office pompeo said beijings sweeping incarceration of mostly muslim minorities in the far western xinjiang region amounted to genocide and crimes against humanitythe chinese foreign ministry hit back accusing pompeo of fabricating sensational false propositions throughout his term in officepompeos vociferous criticism of beijing has been a hallmark of his tenure although he had earlier danced around directly alleging genocidebidens pick for secretary of state antony blinken said tuesday that he agreed with pompeos assessmentblinken and bidens treasury pick janet yellen both signalled they will not let up on washingtons efforts to combat chinas trade abuses an area of common ground with trump who over the past four years unleashed a trade war that imposed billions of dollars in tariffs on chinese goodsbut beijing pushed back stating that