Question follow-through · 2102
Zhang Yadi
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has given advice to SOAS on the detention of their student Zhang Yadi in China since 31 July 2025.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has given advice to SOAS on the detention of their student Zhang Yadi in China since 31 July 2025.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is closely monitoring this case and we continue to raise it with the Chinese authorities. We have also been in touch with School of Oriental African Studies, and have made clear that any separate response...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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