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Four Hong Kong activists tried to seek refuge in the US consulate on Tuesday. Photo: Dickson Lee China / Diplomacy Hong Kong activists who sought shelter in US consulate follow previous flight bids that threatened to derail US-China relations The incident is another diplomatic ‘hot potato’ and follows a string of previous incidents involving US missions on the mainland Previous figures to seek shelter include a Tiananmen dissident, a campaigning blind lawyer and a ‘thuggish enforcer’ for fallen party boss Bo Xilai
