Chinese Consul General: Attack on Protesters in Manchester Debate
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Desmond Swayne
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Chinese Consul General: Attack on Protesters in Manchester
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan
The Chinese embassy and Beijing will no doubt send a new consul general in due course. We will be clear, as we always are with all those who come to serve in their embassies in the UK, that we expect the highest standards from all staff. That will continue to be the case.
Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
China, of course, always displays its absolute contempt when it identifies weakness amongst its opponents and counter- parties, doesn’t it?
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
The Foreign Secretary was clear with the Chinese embassy, and we have followed through. I am pleased that the outcome is that those whom Greater Manchester police identified as involved have been sent home by Beijing.