Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations officials in his Department have made to their Chinese counterparts about the treatment of Africans in (a) Guangdong province and (b) the rest of that country.

The British Ambassador raised incidents of xenophobia and racism in China with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 17 April, and officials have also raised the issue with the Chinese Embassy in London. The British Government has updated travel advice to highlight potential discrimination against foreigners in China, particularly black and ethnic minority groups.