China summons British ambassador over her 'inappropriate' article on media criticism


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BEIJING (REUTERS) - China summoned Britain's ambassador in Beijing on Tuesday (March 9) to lodge "stern representations" over an "inappropriate" article she wrote defending recent international media coverage on China, the foreign ministry said. Caroline Wilson's article in Chinese was posted on the official WeChat account of the British embassy in Beijing last week, amid already tense relations between Britain and China over issues including Hong Kong, Xinjiang and the media. Wilson sought to explain why foreign media criticism of the Chinese government did not mean the journalists responsible did not like China, but were in fact acting in "good...