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China has lifted sanctions on six British MPs and peers, PM Starmer says
China agreed to lift travel and other sanctions on six British MPs and peers after talks, while UK sanctions on Chinese officials remain in place, officials said.
- Sir Keir Starmer announced during broadcast interviews in Shanghai that China lifted restrictions on six current members of the British Parliament after his meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday.
- Beijing responded in 2021 by sanctioning senior British politicians with travel bans and asset freezes after the UK targeted four Chinese officials and a state-run organisation over Xinjiang abuses.
- The parliamentarians said, `We will not accept any reprieve that applies only to sitting lawmakers while others, including civil society organisations, remain sanctioned.` The five MPs are Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Tom Tugendhat, Nusrat Ghani, Neil O'Brien, and Tim Loughton, along with peers Baroness Kennedy and Lord Alton.
- The Chinese foreign ministry said the two sides agreed in principle to resume normal exchanges between the legislatures in Beijing and Westminster, while it is understood that Britain will not lift its own sanctions in return.
- Several groups remain sanctioned despite the easing for parliamentarians; China has been accused of crimes against humanity over the Uighur people, which it denies, while Sir Keir Starmer’s three-day trip to China since 2018 aimed to thaw relations and vindicated his approach.
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China lifted the sanctions imposed in 2021 on several British parliamentarians critical of its human rights record, announced Prime Minister Keir Starmer after discussions with President Xi Jinping. ...
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