U.K. spy case fuels calls for closure of Hong Kong trade offices

Campaigners warn of transnational repression as U.S. weighs ban

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Protesters hold up banners outside the London HKETO at a demonstration on Tuesday. Ricker Choi, right, is an artist from Toronto whose collage is about the 2019 protests in Hong Kong. (Photo by Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa)

RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA and PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writers

LONDON/NEW YORK -- "Shut down the ETOs!" chanted protesters in front of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in central London on Tuesday, a day after the organization's manager was charged with allegedly spying for the Chinese territory.

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