REUTERS
July 21, 2020 at 18:48 JST
BEIJING--China said on Tuesday it would respond strongly to Britain’s suspension of its extradition treaty for Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, and called on the United Kingdom to immediately correct its mistakes.
“China will make a forceful counter-attack to the U.K.’s wrong actions,” said foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, speaking at a daily news conference in Beijing.
Wang added that Britain’s moves violated international law and norms.
“China urges the UK to give up its fantasies of continuing colonial influence in Hong Kong and immediately correct its mistakes,” he said.
London has been dismayed by the introduction of a national security law in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, and the perception that China did not tell the whole truth about the coronavirus outbreak.
Officials in Hong Kong and Beijing have said the law is vital to plug gaps in national security exposed by recent pro-democracy and anti-China protests. China has repeatedly told Western powers to stop meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs.
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