Editor’s note for Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A note from the editor of today's The China Project Access newsletter.

editor's note for Access newsletter

My thoughts today:

Our word of the day is from todayโ€™s press briefing by Chinaโ€™s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Huร  Chลซnyรญng ๅŽๆ˜ฅ่Žน, in response to a question about sanctions on China for human rights abuses in Xinjiang from the EU, U.S., U.K., and Canada:

It would be a breach of courtesy not to reciprocate: They will have to pay a price for their ignorance and arrogance.

ๆฅ่€Œไธๅพ€้ž็คผไนŸ๏ผŒไป–ไปฌ็ปˆๅฐ†ไธบไป–ไปฌ็š„ๆ„š่ ขๅ’Œๅ‚ฒๆ…ขไป˜ๅ‡บไปฃไปทใ€‚

lรกi รฉr bรน wวŽng fฤ“ilว yฤ›, tฤmen zhลng jiฤng wรจi tฤmen de yรบchว”n hรฉ ร omร n fรนchลซ dร ijiร .

See our top story for more on Huaโ€™s rebuke to Western countries who have sanctioned China.

โ€”Jeremy Goldkorn, Editor-in-Chief