UK Continues to Stand With Hong Kong, Foreign Secretary Vows 25 Years After Handover

UK Continues to Stand With Hong Kong, Foreign Secretary Vows 25 Years After Handover
British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Liz Truss attends a joint press conference with her Czech counterpart in Prague on May 27, 2022. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images
Lily Zhou
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The UK will keep standing “unwaveringly” with Hong Kong, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Thursday in a statement marking the 25 anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China.

The statement also came two years after Beijing’s rubber-stamp Parliament imposed a national security law in Hong Kong that led to the imprisonment of pro-democracy advocates and the shutting down of Hong Kong’s independent media outlets.