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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amy Hawkins

End ‘megaphone diplomacy’ between UK and Hong Kong, says British diplomat

Brian Davidson
Brian Davidson, the consul general to Hong Kong and Macau, said there had been ‘some difficult headwinds’ in recent years. Photograph: gov.uk

Britain’s most senior diplomat for Hong Kong has called for an end to “megaphone diplomacy” between the UK and the Chinese territory, saying British and Hong Kong diplomats would make more progress with closed-door discussions.

Brian Davidson, the consul general to Hong Kong and Macau, said in an interview with the South China Morning Post that the UK-Hong Kong relationship had weathered “some difficult headwinds” over the past four or five years, but that “we are looking to lean back into a constructive engagement to see where we can collaborate”.

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