China threatens to retaliate against the UK for hosting 'anti-China forces' after Boris Johnson welcomed a pro-democracy activist who fled Honk Kong to escape arrest
China is warning the UK government to not host a pro-democracy activist who fled Hong Kong last week.He is now in the UK where he plans to rally support for pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Twenty-four-year old Sunny Cheung fled to Britain last week after police in Hong Kong rounded up three young activists and seven others as part of a new security law imposed on the former British colony by Beijing,Cheung, a former employee of Britain's consulate in the semiautonomous region, and a prominent student activist fled to the UK to rally support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement in the UK.
The Global Times states that Prime Minister Johnson's UK government "would be in serious violation of the basic norms governing international relations" if it provides refuge to Cheung.
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