China denies item to Liberal MPs Andrew Hastie and James Paterson
(The Guardian China)

Government MPs issued statement on Friday night saying their planned China visit was offLiberal MPs Andrew Hastie and James Paterson say the Chinese government has rejected their plans to visit the country on a study tour next month because of objections about their `frankness about the Chinese Communist party`.The two government MPs issued a short statement on Friday night saying the planned visit was off, and the organisers of the trip, China Matters, issued a separate statement confirming the Chinese embassy had informed them `that at this time Mr Hastie and Senator Paterson are not welcome on a China Matters study tour to Beijing`.Joint Statement with Andrew Hastie MP pic.twitter.com/lIoXfiOFnq Related: China denounces Liberal MP Andrew Hastie`s Nazi Germany analogy Continue reading...