UPDATE 2-U.S. imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Muslim treatment

UPDATE 2-U.S. imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Muslim treatmentThe United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials it believes responsible for the detention or abuse of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited the decision of the Commerce Department on Monday to add 28 Chinese public security bureaus and companies – including video surveillance company Hikvision – to a U.S. trade blacklist over Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities.

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