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Consul General Zheng Xiyuan invited us inside to share his version of events claiming protestors stormed the consulate grounds and assaulted his staff.
“It was an emergency situation – that guy threatened my colleagues. We had to protect ourselves.”

— Inzamam Rashid (@inzyrashid) October 19, 2022

Full story here! 🇬🇧🇨🇳 https://t.co/X6rxovfU4z

— Inzamam Rashid (@inzyrashid) October 19, 2022

I’ve ordered the summoning of the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires to demand an explanation for the shocking scenes outside the Chinese Consulate-General in Manchester on Sunday.  
 
Peaceful protest is a fundamental right in 🇬🇧 and the Chinese Government must respect that.

— James Cleverly🇬🇧 (@JamesCleverly) October 18, 2022

The Manchester Chinese consulate assault.
Here are the perps. @trussliz you know what you have to do.

From left to right:

Consul General Zheng Xiyuan
Consul Gao Lianjia
Counsellor Chen Wei
Deputy Consul General Fan Yingjie pic.twitter.com/O85LHxaJ5q

— Father Ted Crilly (@TedCrilly666) October 17, 2022

The Chinese government is now claiming that it has the right to attack any anti-Xi protesters outside any of its consulates anywhere in the world. Think about that for a minute. https://t.co/IreL9QOGz2 pic.twitter.com/NZpX19vjAE

— Samuel Bickett (@SamuelBickett) October 17, 2022

The Chinese consulate in Manchester told BBC Chinese that the protesters were "a small batch of Hong Kong independence advocates" and that it was unacceptable, for any diplomatic mission, for protesters to hang an image insulting the head of state. (below)https://t.co/TdHTXpm5zl pic.twitter.com/fMrWqDYG12

— Kris Cheng (@krislc) October 16, 2022