Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and 27 other officials and members of former President Donald Trump’s cabinet have been sanctioned by China for violating “sovereignty,” AFP reported. 

“China has decided to sanction 28 persons who have seriously violated China’s sovereignty,” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.

Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro, national security advisor Robert O’Brien, assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs David Stilwell, health secretary Alex Azar and UN envoy Kelly Craft are some of the officials sanctioned by Beijing.

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Former Trump national security advisor John Bolton and former advisor Stephen Bannon have also been sanctioned. 

The announcement was made as Trump’s successor President Joe Biden was inaugurated in Washington.