China firmly opposes Britain’s offer of residency rights to Hongkongers and warns of ‘corresponding measures’

China has warned it may take “corresponding measures” following the British government’s offer of residency rights and a path to citizenship to millions of Hongkongers after Beijing imposed a harsh national security law on the former British colony.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the United Kingdom moves violated international relations norm, and China reserved the rights to take countermeasures. “The UK has to bear all the consequences of this,” he said.The Chinese embassy…