BEIJING — China has arrested a citizen of Belize for allegedly colluding with people in the United States to meddle in the affairs of Hong Kong, the official Guangdong Communist Party newspaper reported on Saturday, citing local authorities. Lee was arrested in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Nov. 26 by the Guangzhou State Security bureau, the report said. He was being investigated for “engaging in criminal acts that endanger state security,” a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of China’s State Council said in September. Hong Kong – a business and trade gateway for China as an international financial center – has been mired in often violent anti-government protests for nearly six months. “Hong Kong will not sink in this way.

Source: National Post November 30, 2019 08:35 UTC