Chinese ambassador Zheng Zeguang banned from UK parliament
Sept. 14 (UPI) -- While sanctions by the Chinese government remain on five ministers of the British Parliament and two members of the Lords, ambassador Zheng Zeguang felt the sting of rising tensions between London and Beijing.
Zeguang was told Tuesday that he can't come to Parliament to attend a House of Commons reception hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on China.
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Speaker Lord McFall made the decision to revoke Zeguang's invitation after receiving word from the sanctioned MPs.
Last week, conservative and sanctioned MPs Iain Duncan-Smith, Tom Tugendhat, Nusrat Ghani, and Tim Loughton wrote the Lord Speaker.
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