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China slams Britain for ‘gross interference’ over Hong Kong arrests
Dominic Raab sent a tweet in support of recently-arrested pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong
China’s foreign ministry accused British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab of “gross interference” on Friday after he sent a tweet in support of recently-arrested pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong.
- Stuart Lau
- Politico
“The spokesperson of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in [Hong Kong] strongly disapproved and firmly opposed the tweet by Dominic Raab,” the office said in a statement.
“That is gross interference into Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs at large.”
In the tweet, Raab…