US bars Chinese officials over Xinjiang crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is slapping travel bans on Chinese officials involved in a massive crackdown against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in its west.
The State Department says it won’t issue visas to Chinese government and Communist Party officials believed to be responsible for or complicit in mass detentions and abuses in western Xinjiang province. A statement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t identify the targeted officials or say how many