Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying. - Reuters
BEIJING (Xinhua): China on Thursday (Jan 7) urged the United Kingdom to abandon its illusion of continued colonial influence on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and to cease interfering in China's internal affairs.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Wednesday that the arrests of politicians and activists in Hong Kong were "a grievous attack on Hong Kong's rights and freedoms" as protected under the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
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