UK MP denied entry to Hong Kong

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Hong Kong has barred a British member of parliament from entering the Chinese territory, adding uncertainty to UK-China ties just as the Labour government seeks to step up bilateral economic relations.

Wera Hobhouse, a Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and a member of the cross-border Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac), said she was refused entry upon arrival to…