After the reprisal against the European Union, yesterday China announced its counter-sanctions also against the United Kingdom. The format is identical: politicians and academics are targeted who, according to the Beijing regime, have spread “lies and misinformation” about China, in particular on the Uyghur question. The head of the Chinese diplomatic headquarters in London, Yang Xiaoguang, he gave the same version of events as his colleagues in Europe: we will not be bullied, “there is a saying in China: whoever causes problems must try to solve problems. We have no intention of widening the fight, but if anyone wants to do it, we will keep them company “. The British Foreign Minister, Dominic Raab, he replied: “It is significant that while the UK joins the international community in sanctioning those who abuse human rights, the Chinese government is sanctioning those who criticize them. If Beijing wants to respond in a credible way to those who tell the abuses in Xinjiang, it would be enough to give the UN Commissioner for Human Rights permission to enter the country and the region and verify the truth “.
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