Four British Nationals Arrested in Eastern China

Four British Nationals Arrested in Eastern China
China’s ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming speaks to the gathered crowd in Trafalgar Square as people celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in central London on Feb. 18, 2018. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
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BEIJING—Four British nationals have been arrested in eastern China, the British Embassy in Beijing said on July 12, amid escalating diplomatic tension between the two countries.

The embassy did not comment on the circumstances leading to the arrests in Jiangsu Province. Police in Xuzhou, a city in Jiangsu, said on Tuesday it had detained 19 people on drug-related charges and that 16 of them were foreigners.