UK braced for Chinese retaliation over Uighur abuse sanctions

Analysis: British government will hope a deterioration in relations can be avoided

The UK government is bracing itself for retaliatory action by China over its decision to impose sanctions on four Chinese officials in response to human rights abuses of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province.

The British ambassador to China, Caroline Wilson, was summoned by the Chinese foreign ministry to hear solemn representations" about the UK sanctions imposed for the mass detention of Muslim minorities.