PARIS —France, Germany and other EU nations called in Chinese ambassadors on Tuesday to protest at sanctions imposed by Beijing targeting their citizens, as China and Europe faced off over claims of rights abuses against China’s Muslim Uighur minority.
France also rebuked the Chinese envoy for “unacceptable” behavior after he posted a series of tweets targeting French lawmakers and a researcher.
The diplomatic spat erupted after the EU, Britain and Canada on Monday blacklisted four former and current officials in the Xinjiang region, while Washington, which had already sanctioned two of those officials in July 2020, extended them to the two others.
The tensions come as the…
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