CHINA-UK: NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO U.K. BARRED FROM ATTENDING MEETING OF PRO-CHINA GROUP IN PARLIAMENT
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The new Chinese ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang, was on September 14 barred from
parliament by the Speakers in the Commons and Lords after the imposition of sanctions on British
MPs by Beijing. Zheng Zeguang was due to attend a meeting of the broadly pro-Chinese all-party
group in China, but following a letter from MPs who were subjected to sanctions by China,
including the former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith, the Commons Speaker,
Lindsay Hoyle, has said the meeting is not appropriate. A similar decision has been endorsed by
the Lords Speaker, Lord McFall.
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