China says Britain going down 'wrong path' over Hong Kong


Hong Kong skyline is pictured from Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, China. - Reuters

BEIJING, July 20 (AFP): China warned on Monday that Britain was heading down "a wrong path" as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was expected to announce the suspension of an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, raising tensions between the countries.

Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China's foreign ministry, told a regular press briefing that Beijing would "firmly counter" any interference in its internal affairs, also slamming suggestions it was mistreating minorities in Xinjiang as "slander".

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