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UK updates travel advice and US urges citizens to ‘reconsider travel’ to Hong KongThe US and the UK have warned of a risk of arbitrary arrest in China and Hong Kong in updates to their travel advice for citizens.The US advice urged citizens to “reconsider travel” to Hong Kong, citing an environment in which the central Chinese government “unilaterally and arbitrarily exercises police and...

Anna Lindstedt accused of brokering unauthorised meeting over fate of Gui MinhaiSweden’s former ambassador to Beijing is to go on trial for overstepping her duties by trying to negotiate the release of a Chinese-Swedish dissident held in China.Anna Lindstedt is accused of brokering an unauthorised meeting to try to get Gui Minhai freed, prosecutors said. Continue reading...