China threatens Shrewsbury MP with sanctions over his Hong Kong comments
A Shropshire MP has been warned he could face 'sanctions' from China for criticising the Communist regime on social media.
The threats were made against Daniel Kawczynski in a Chinese Communist Party newspaper after he accused the regime of breaking its obligations to the people of Hong Kong.
The Shrewsbury and Atcham MP said he considered the threats to be 'deeply disturbing', but said he would not be intimidated and would continue to speak out.
"I would hold it as a badge of honour to have sanctions put on me by this brutal Communist regime," he said.
The Global Times, an English-language newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party, this week attacked Mr Kawczynski for his comments on Twitter.
The newspaper quoted Li Xiaobing of Nankai University, saying that "Kawczynski could be a candidate for the next round of sanctions".
Mr Kawczynski said he had no idea what such measures would involve, although it would almost certainly mean he was banned from travelling to China.
