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China says it will ‘definitely fight back’ after US imposes sanctions over human rights abuses

hina plans to retaliate against U.S. officials for imposing sanctions over human rights abuses against China’s minority Uighur population, The Associated Press reported. On Thursday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced that the administration would sanction three Chinese officials from entering the U.S. for the abuses, “which reportedly include mass arbitrary detention and severe physical abuse,” according to a release from the Treasury Department.