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title: ""China has said it will take countermeasures against the UK should it…"
date: 2020-07-02
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# "China has said it will take countermeasures against the UK should it…

*July 2, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/02/china-could-prevent-hongkongers-moving-to-uk-says-dominic-raab?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/02/china-could-prevent-hongkongers-moving-to-uk-says-dominic-raab?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other){target="_blank"}
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\"China has said it will take countermeasures against the UK should it grant residency to Hongkongers fleeing a harsh new national security law, promising that the UK would "bear all consequences".\
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On Thursday, senior Chinese officials said the UK had no right to give residency to Hongkongers in response to Beijing forcing a sweeping anti-sedition law on the territory.\
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"China strongly condemns this and reserves the right to take further measures. The British side will bear all the consequences," the foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said at a regular press briefing in Beijing.\
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Zhao's comments came after the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said he would honour a promise to offer nearly 3 million residents of the former British colony, those with British national overseas status (BNO), the right to settle in the UK.\"
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