China detains employee of Britain's Hong Kong mission, UK urged to act

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BEIJING — A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday (Aug 21), likely worsening already strained ties between Beijing and London.

 

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