China warning over UK offer to HK citizens

China reserved the right to act against Britain over the issue, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a daily briefing on Thursday (July 2), without specifying what countermeasures Beijing might take.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday (July 1) that China's imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a "clear and serious" violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that Britain would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship.