UK summons Chinese ambassador over Hong Kong protests

The UK government summoned China's ambassador for a dressing-down on Wednesday after Beijing officials accused Britain of meddling in Hong Kong's affairs.

The Foreign Office said Ambassador Liu Xiaoming was called to a meeting with British diplomatic service chief Simon McDonald over "unacceptable and inaccurate" comments relating to Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests.

Liu accused British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt of interfering in Hong Kong's affairs and supporting "violent lawbreakers".

At a news conference in London, he said that "the fundamental principle guiding our two countries is mutual respect, non-interference into internal affairs."
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said earlier that Hunt was "basking in the faded glory of British colonialism and obsessed with lecturing others."