China threatens UK with retaliation after clashes at its consulate in Manchester

China threatened on Thursday to take action against the United Kingdom if it did not do what was necessary to allow Chinese diplomats to work freely there, after Beijing called in consultations with its envoys involved in the attack on a protester in Manchester.

the police of the Greater Manchester opened a criminal investigation after Bob Chana Hong Kong man, claimed that Chinese diplomats they dragged him to the consulate compound to attack him during a demonstration against Beijing in October.

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The British Foreign Secretary, James Cleverley, said on Wednesday that six envoys left the country before a London-imposed deadline to waive their diplomatic immunity and be questioned by police about the incident.

The Chinese consulate in Manchester one day after an incident involving a fight between Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters and Chinese consulate staff, occurred outside the building. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP) (LINDSEY PARNABY /)

Among them, the consul general zheng xiyuanone of the highest Chinese diplomats in the Kingdom Unitedwhose return to his country is part, according to Beijing, of the “normal turnover of Chinese staff”.

China urged to the Kingdom United a “fulfill their obligations under international law and bilateral consular agreements” Already “Seriously ensure the normal operation of Chinese diplomatic and consular missions,” stressed Wang Wenbinspokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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“On the contrary, China will not stop responding firmly, forcefully and to the same extent”, warned, accusing to the Kingdom United of “political manipulation” and to side with the “violent separatists”.

Source: Elcomercio