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Hong Kong summons German consul in friction over asylum case

by David Rising
| October 22, 2020 8:03 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's consul general to Hong Kong was brought in for talks, following reports Berlin had granted asylum to a student who faced prosecution for demonstrating against the city's extradition law, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

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