Two top Chinese officials in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) are among 40 individuals in nine countries sanctioned by the United States for their human rights abuses and corruption. The two are Wu Yingjie, China’s party chief in TAR from 2016 to 2021, and Zhang Hongbo, China’s police chief in the Himalayan region from 2018. Their US assets have been blocked and transactions criminalised, reports the Tibetan Review.