China sanctions Ronald Reagan Presidential Library amid Tsai visit

China sanctioned the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the Hudson Institute on Friday in retaliation for Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the library in Southern California this week.

China warned its constituents not to do business with the Simi Valley-based library or the Hudson think tank. Chinese officials said the sanctions were because the organizations “provid[ed] a platform and convenience to Taiwan separatist activities.”

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While traveling abroad, Tsai met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy( R-CA ) at the Reagan Library and accepted a prize from the Hudson Institute. She also spoke about the difficulties Taiwan faces in maintaining regional stability.

According to a statement from the Hudson Institute, the Chinese Communist Party has long tried to silence voices both domestically and abroad that oppose its global aggressiveness and Chinese people’s oppression’s. ” Both before and immediately, it hasn’t worked.” We remain unwavering in advancing the security, convenience, and wealth of America and its supporters while standing firm with Taiwan and opposing the CCP’s brutal’s, genocidal coverage.

The Hudson Institute board of directors president Sarah May Stern, director John Walters, former executive chairman of the Reagan Foundation John Heubusch, and chief administrator Joanne Drake were also sanctioned by the Chinese government, who forbade them from traveling to China and freezing any of their property or commercial assets there.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese Cabinet stated in a statement that” we will take resolute measures to punish the” Taiwan independence” separatist forces and their actions, and to steadfastly safeguard our nation’s sovereignty’s and territorial integrity.”

As relations between the United States and China reach their lowest point in years, restrictions are being imposed. Despite Taiwan’s break’s from the mainland and declaration of independence following a civil war in 1949, the United States still adheres to its” One China” policy, which acknowledges mainland China as the only legitimate government of China.

Due to its division, the United States and Taiwan do not have an official marriage, but Washington, D.C., makes sure the island has the resources to defend itself from Chinese attacks. Additionally, there are business and casual ties between the two nations.

When then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island next summer, relations between China and the United States started to deteriorate. With plans to meet with Tsai on Sunday, another class of lawmakers took a flight to Taiwan on Thursday. The island has already received visits from lawmakers from European governments.

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The Taiwanese government has already sanctioned two think tank in Asia and the Taiwan member in the United States.

The Reagan libraries has been contacted by The Washington Examiner for comment.