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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Kylie MacLellan

China accuses UK lawmakers visiting Taiwan of 'gross interference'

FILE PHOTO: Chinook helicopters carrying Taiwan flags fly near the Taipei 101 skyscraper during the country's National Day celebration in Taipei, Taiwan October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

China on Thursday accused a committee of British lawmakers visiting Taiwan of "gross interference" in China's internal affairs and threatened a forceful response to anything that undermines Chinese interests.

The Chinese embassy in Britain issued a statement responding to the ongoing visit to Taiwan by the British parliament's Foreign Affairs committee, calling it a "flagrant violation" of the one-China principle.

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