Four British nationals have been arrested in eastern China, the British Embassy in Beijing said Friday, amid escalating diplomatic tension between the two countries, APA reports citing Reuters.
The embassy did not comment on the circumstances leading to the arrests in Jiangsu province. Police in Xuzhou, a city in Jiangsu, said on Tuesday it had detained 19 people on drug-related charges and that 16 of them were foreigners.
The police statement did not identify the foreigners.
China’s state radio said some of the detained individuals were teachers at an English education center operated by EF Education First, a privately held Swiss firm that operates in 114 countries.
The company said in a statement dated Wednesday that it deeply regrets the incident and was cooperating with authorities on the matter.
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