China ridicules Fogh’s democracy summit

The Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2021 held this week has been dismissed as a ‘political farce’ by the Chinese authorities. Even before the virtual summit, hosted by former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, got underway, Monday, the Chinese Embassy in Copenhagen lashed out at Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod for agreeing to appear alongside Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and Hong Kong separatist Nathan Law.  The criticism was echoed yesterday by Chinese Foreign Ministry…