China once declared the UK its ‘best friend in the West’. But Hong Kong and the treatment of Uyghurs changed everything

Unlike other 18-year-old Brits getting ready to celebrate an end to exams and the start of summer holidays, Dilmaz is gearing up for a battle with the Chinese government over their treatment of Uyghurs.

In her nondescript family home on an idyllic leafy street in North London, the 18-year-old…