The Chinese ambassador to Britain was barred from attending an event in the UK parliament because Beijing imposed sanctions on lawmakers who highlighted alleged human right abuses in Xinjiang
China placed the sanctions on nine British politicians, lawyers and an academic in March for spreading what it said were "lies and disinformation" the over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in the country's far west.
"But I do not feel it's appropriate for the ambassador for China to meet on the Commons estate and in our place of work when his country has imposed sanctions against some of our members.
Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Zheng Zeguang attends a news conference on the state of trade negotiations between China and U.S. in Beijing, China December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee China took the action after Britain, the United States, the European Union and Canada imposed parallel sanctions on senior Chinese officials accused of the mass internment of Uighurs in Xinjiang.
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