China Retaliates Against Former U.S. Lawmaker Mike Gallagher

China has banned ex-U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher from entering the country, freezing his assets and prohibiting local entities from cooperating with him, citing interference in China’s internal affairs. Specific actions and statements by Gallagher that led to these measures were not disclosed.

China has banned former U.S. lawmaker Mike Gallagher from entering the country and taken other measures in response to his words and actions that "interfered in China's internal affairs," the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

From Tuesday, the ministry said, China will also freeze Gallagher's assets in the country and ban organisations and individuals there from trading and cooperating with him.

It did not go into further detail on what Gallagher had said or done.