BIRMINGHAM England (Reuters) - In Britain's strongest interjection yet over clashes in Hong Kong between riot police and pro-democracy protesters, finance chief George Osborne urged China to seek peace and said the former colony's prosperity depended on freedom.
Britain had until Tuesday been wary of angering Beijing with anything that could be interpreted as meddling in the affairs of Hong Kong which it handed back to China in 1997 after more than 150 years of imperial control.
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