China refutes Britain's Hong Kong-related accusations


Source: people.cn people.cn

Key Topics in this News Article:

News Snapshot:

BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- China urges Britain to abandon its double standards regarding Hong Kong-related issues and respect the basic norms of international relations dictating non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in Beijing on Tuesday. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday said that the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) breaches the internationally binding Sino-British Joint Declaration. In response, spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a daily news briefing that during British colonial rule over Hong Kong -- which lasted more than...