Swedish Culture and Democracy Minister Amanda Lind presents Svenska PEN's Tucholsky Prize to detained Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai in Stockholm, Sweden November 15, 2019. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg via REUTERS
STOCKHOLM/BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has doubled down in its criticism of Stockholm's support for Gui Minhai, a book publisher detained in China, after Sweden's minister for culture attended a literary award ceremony in his honour.
The Chinese ambassador to Sweden had threatened Minister of Culture Amanda Lind with a ban on entering China if she attended the prize-giving on Friday.
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