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Beijing blasts ‘absurd’ tributes to Joshua Wong, other jailed Hong Kong activists after US, Britain express disgust at ‘political persecution’




Beijing and Hong Kong officials have hit out at the United States and Britain for backing Joshua Wong Chi-fung and other opposition activists jailed this week, saying the sentences barely atone for their crimes against China.Voicing support also for media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, the US said it was appalled at the political persecution in Hong Kong of what it described as courageous pro-democracy advocates, while British Foreign Minister, Dominic Raab, demanded an end to the stifling of…



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