BEIJING: China demanded on Thursday (Aug 8) that US diplomats based in Hong Kong 'stop interfering' in the city's affairs, after reports that they ...
BEIJING: China demanded on Thursday that US diplomats based in Hong Kong"stop interfering" in the city's affairs, after reports that they met with pro-democracy activists, prompting a furious response from Washington.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus rejected China's claims and accused it of leaking personal details of their diplomat."I don't think that that's a formal protest, that is what a thuggish regime would do," she said."That is not how a responsible nation would behave."
A State Department official had earlier in the day told AFP representatives of the US government"meet regularly with a wide cross section of people across Hong Kong and Macau."
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