China enshrined the right to take retaliatory measures against overseas actors in a new foreign-relations law, which state-media said provided a legal basis for hitting back against sanctions and “Western hegemony.” China has the right to take “countermeasures and restrictive measures” against acts that endanger the country’s sovereignty, security and development interests, violate international law or “basic norms of international relations,” according to the Law on Foreign Relations approved by the standing committee of the National People’s Congress on Wednesday. While China already has a record of imposing ... (full story)