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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Vincent Ni

Chinese ambassador warns British MPs against visiting Taiwan

Zheng Zeguang, China’s ambassador to the UK (pictured here in 2019)
Zheng Zeguang, China’s ambassador to the UK (pictured here in 2019) warned against ‘interference in China’s internal affairs’. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

China’s UK ambassador has urged British politicians not to “dance to the tune of the United States” and vowed “severe consequences” should MPs set foot in Taiwan.

Speaking at a press conference in London, the Chinese ambassador, Zheng Zeguang, who has been on parliament’s sanctions list since last summer, also reminded the British government of the joint communique the two countries signed in 1972, when they began to exchange ambassadors.

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