‘We are setting out our position clearly and working with our international partners and the ball is in the court of the government in China’
“It would up-end China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ paradigm,” Raab said. “And it would be a clear violation of China’s international obligations, including those made specifically to the United Kingdom under the Joint Declaration.”
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