EU considers sending delegation to Hong Kong after electoral law reform
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This content was published on June 9, 2021 - 19:10
June 9, 2021 - 19:10
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union denounced on Wednesday Hong Kong s major overhaul of its political system as a breach by China of its international commitments and threatened to send a delegation to visit the autonomous city.
The possible move is likely to irk Beijing which might see it as an interference with its domestic affairs and may further sour relations after the EU put on hold an investment deal with China over concerns about Hong Kong, China s claims to sovereignty in most of the South China Sea, and the mass detentions of Muslim Uyghurs in northwest
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