The UK foreign secretary has said the Chinese consulate staff who attacked protesters outside their consular building in Manchester have been sent home. ‘In response to our request the Chinese government have now removed from the UK those officials, including the consul general himself. This demonstrates our adherence to the rule of law,’ James Cleverly said on Wednesday.
Consular staff attacked a group of pro-democracy demonstrators in mid-October after they attempted to take down a banner taunting the Chinese president, Xi Jinping. One of the protesters emerged badly bruised after he was dragged into the compound and beaten
