Senior Tories blast Chinese official’s attendance at King’s coronation as ‘outrageous’

Chinese vice-president expected to attend coronation oversaw Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong’s liberties

Sir Iain Duncan Smith described the official as ‘responsible for trashing’ China’s Hong Kong treaty (PA)

Senior Conservative MPs have labelled the expected attendance of China’s vice-president at the King’s coronation as “outrageous”.

Han Zheng, who was recently appointed as president Xi Jinping’s deputy, is set to represent China at the May event, Politico reported.

Former Tory leader and longstanding China-critic Sir Iain Duncan Smith described him as “responsible for trashing” China’s Hong Kong treaty with Britain by overseeing a crackdown on the territory’s freedoms.