BEIJING (Reuters) - 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.

(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens)