Stormont has released the minutes of a controversial meeting between a Chinese diplomat and the first and deputy first ministers after an almost two-year battle for government transparency.
The record, which officials repeatedly resisted making public, does not appear to support Michelle O'Neill's account that she challenged China imposing draconian security laws on Hong Kong.
The Sinn Fein vice-president and then DUP leader Arlene Foster faced questions in summer 2020 after a report by Belfast's Chinese Consulate claimed the Stormont leaders had privately endorsed the divisive legislation.
