UK urges China to ‘step back from the brink’ over Hong Kong law
Police fire tear gas to disperse protesters during a rally against the implementation of a controversial national security law, in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China, on May 24, 2020. Opponents fear the new law will lead to political oppression and erode the freedoms and autonomy of the Chinese territory. – EPA pic, June 2, 2020.
BRITAIN today urged China to think again about trying to assert more control over Hong Kong, after concern Beijing was trying to stifle dissent in the semi-autonomous city. “There is time for China to reconsider,” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said of a proposed national security law Beijing brought in after a wave of pro-democracy protests.
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