Beijing Warns Britain

China warned Britain to “step back from the brink” after Boris Johnson vowed to offer a path to citizenship for up to three million Hong Kong residents threatened by Beijing’s draconian new security law, the Times of London reports.

Britain has “no sovereignty, no jurisdiction and no supervision over Hong Kong” Beijing warned, adding that the prime minister must “immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs and China’s internal affairs, or this will definitely backfire.”