personnel conduct activities in China, then that will already violate Chinese law,” Lu Kang, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said at a regularly scheduled briefing on Wednesday. Image Mr. Kovring, who now advises the International Crisis Group, was detained in Beijing on Monday. Credit Julie David de Lossy/Crisis GroupAsked directly if the International Crisis Group was registered in China, Mr. Lu said: “It is not registered in China legally.” The spokesman did not mention Mr. Kovrig by name or his group by its full name, only its acronym. law of 2016, then they will be violating Chinese law because they have not registered in China,” Mr. Lu said. “I am not willing to speculate as to the reason why the Chinese authorities chose to do what they did,” said Rob Malley, president and chief executive of the International Crisis Group.

Source: New York Times December 12, 2018 07:53 UTC