China Sanctions US Company, 2 Researchers Over Reports on Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang

China’s communist regime is imposing sanctions on a U.S. research firm and two individuals in response to Washington’s recent moves to pressure Beijing regarding human rights abuses against Uyghur and other Muslim minorities. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular briefing on Dec. 26 that the sanctions target Kharon, a San Francisco-based research and data company; Edmund Xu, a senior researcher who leads the Asia study program at Kharon; and Nicole Morgret, a policy analyst at the U.S.-China Economic And Security Review Commission, a U.S. congressional advisory body. The measures block their travel to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau and freeze any assets within China owned by Kharon and the two researchers, Ms. Mao said. Chinese companies and citizens are barred from working with them, she added....