'You've got it all wrong': Ambassador to UK insists China is not 'hostile state'
Telegraph, 15 Jul 2020
Liu Xiaoming, the ambassador to the UK, says more than 70 countries in the world, including some in Europe, have supported the new security law imposed on Hong Kong.
However some European leaders have made "irresponsible" comments regarding this law.
"There is more cooperation than rivalry," he adds. Those who see the country as a hostile state "have got it wrong", he says. "They have chosen the wrong target and are heading in the wrong direction."
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However some European leaders have made "irresponsible" comments regarding this law.
"There is more cooperation than rivalry," he adds. Those who see the country as a hostile state "have got it wrong", he says. "They have chosen the wrong target and are heading in the wrong direction."
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