After years of tension, UK official visits Hong Kong 2023

The United Kingdom will not “duck” its historic duties to the people living in its former colony while also engaging with China in areas in which the two countries share shared interests, according to the first British minister to visit Hong Kong in five years.

The United Kingdom will not “duck” its historic duties to the people living in its former colony while also engaging with China in areas where the two countries share similar interests, according to the first British minister to visit Hong Kong in five years.

After years of difficult relations, a British diplomat finally makes it to Hong Kong.

Dominic Johnson, who serves as a minister of state in the Department of Business and Trade, made the statements in question on Tuesday, when they were published in an editorial article in the South China Morning Post.

He stated in his writing that the United Kingdom will make it abundantly clear that it reserves the right to take action in the event that China violates its international commitments or violates human rights.