LONDON, July 1 — Britain today extended Hong Kong residents a broader path to citizenship in response to China’s sweeping new security law for the former UK territory. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement represents the most direct international response to legislation that has been...
Britain announced plans to ease citizenship for Hong Kongers after China made its first arrests under a controversial new security law. — AFP pic
It comes during a London review of its entire range of relations with Beijing, including its decision to allow China’s Huawei help build Britain new 5G data network. Johnson said London had warned Beijing that it would introduce a new route for those with British National Overseas status to enter the UK.About 300,000 Hong Kongers have BNO passports and another 2.6 million are eligible to apply.
Britain’s last Hong Kong governor, Chris Patten, called details of the legislation unveiled overnight were “even worse than I expected”.“It does go wider and further than anybody had feared.” Johnson’s government also irritated the US administration in January by allowing the private Chinese telecoms group Huawei to unroll Britain’s speedy new data network.
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