French Minister Slams China’s Threats and Intimidation
- France says lawmakers, researchers were insulted, threatened
- China’s sanctions on individuals “unacceptable,” France says
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France won’t tolerate “threats and intimidation” from China, France’s junior minister for European affairs Clement Beaune said on Tuesday.
“Neither France not Europe are doormats,” Beaune, a key aide of President Emmanuel Macron, in the latest sign of escalating tension between the two countries, said in an interview with France Info radio.