By Patrick Goodenough | January 22, 2021 | 4:37am EST
Then-Vice President Joe Biden addresses President Xi Jinping during a state luncheon hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry, in Sept. 2015. (Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Republican lawmakers called on the Biden administration Thursday to respond forcefully to China’s imposition of substantive sanctions on senior national security officials in the previous administration.
They view Beijing’s actions as more than a parting slap at former officials critical of the Chinese Communist Party, but also as an attempt to intimidate the new administration into adopting a softer line.
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Former US ambassador to South Korea Sung Kim appointed acting assistant secretary of state
Posted : 2021-01-22 15:21
Updated : 2021-01-23 09:54
In this photo from May 2008, Sung Kim, then-director of the Office of Korean Affairs in the United States, shows reporters documents he brought back from North Korea as he discusses the latest developments in the Six Party Talks at the State Department in Washington. AP-Yonhap
Former U.S. ambassador to South Korea Sung Kim has been appointed acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
The Korea American diplomat was appointed to the post as of Wednesday, according to information available on the website of the State Department.
China imposed sanctions on nearly 30 former Trump administration officials moments after they left office on Wednesday. In a statement released just minutes after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, Beijing slapped travel bans and business restrictions on Trump s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, na