Is the UK Finally Standing Up for Hong Kong?

Click to expand Image Then-United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (L) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Buenos Aires, May 2018. © 2018 AP In recent weeks, the United Kingdom’s “golden relationship” with China has begun to lose its luster. The UK has joined Australia, Germany, and other countries pushing Chinese authorities to allow an independent investigation into Covid-19’s origins. Enthusiasm for partnering with the tech giant Huawei is waning. British parliamentarians have joined a new international cross-party coalition concerned…

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