China vows retaliation after US blacklists companies

A woman wearing a face mask walks by a counter displaying an American flag at a fashion boutique in Beijing, China (Andy Wong/AP)

China has said it will take “necessary measures” to respond to the US blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of Uighur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities.

The Commerce Ministry said the US move constituted an “unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises and a serious breach of international economic and trade rules”.