Hunt Warning A 'faded Colonial Fantasy Over HK'

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  • Geng Shuang says Britain restricted democracy in Hong Kong prior to the 1997 handover and has no right to comment. Photo: RTHK

    Geng Shuang says Britain restricted democracy in Hong Kong prior to the 1997 handover and has no right to comment. Photo: RTHK

China on Wednesday said it lodged an official protest with London after British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned Beijing of "serious consequences" if it breaches the Hong Kong handover agreement.

"He seems to be fantasising in the faded glory of British colonialism and in the bad habit of gesticulating while looking down on other countries' affairs," foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing.

It is the second day in a row that China has slammed Hunt for remarks he has made regarding the unprecedented anti-Beijing protests that have rocked the former British colony.

"Hong Kong is part of China and we have to accept that. But the freedoms in Hong Kong are enshrined in a joint declaration" signed with former colonial ruler Britain, Hunt said on Tuesday.

"We expect that legally binding agreement to be honoured and if it isn't there will be serious consequences."

Geng said Britain restricted Hong Kong's democracy prior to the 1997 handover to Chinese rule and had no right to comment. (AFP, AP)

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