'Wolf warrior' diplomacy sours Britain's Conservatives on China
As a prominent China critic and advocate of Hong Kong's freedoms, Benedict Rogers is used to unwanted attention. But even he was surprised when he found out that the Chinese Embassy in London had attempted to persuade members of the British Parliament to warn him off.
The episode occurred in 2017 when Rogers was deputy chair of the ruling Conservative Party's human rights commission, which he co-founded. According to three separate people familiar with the events, the embassy lobbied Conservative MPs to try and convince Rogers, who is not a lawmaker, to "shut up" about China.
