diplomatic bargaining chip 外交籌碼

diplomatic bargaining chip
繁：外交籌碼
简：外交筹码

香港12名「反送中」抗爭青年上月疑偷渡台灣途中被中國海警截獲，部分家屬控訴求助無門，深圳市鹽田區公安昨天首次通報，指他們因涉嫌偷越國（邊）境被刑事拘留。但在公安通報前，中國外交部發言人華春瑩發推文指，這12人企圖將香港從中國分裂出去，並非民運人士。有專家批評北京當局是先定調，後定罪；協助家屬的立法會議員擔心12人將成中共人質外交籌碼。

12港青 恐淪人質外交籌碼（2020年9月14日）。蘋果日報，取自https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/20200914/HA6EXGFZSNFD5HEDYRD3TY252Q/

Eddie Chu wrote on Facebook that Hua’s accusations indicate that the group may serve as diplomatic bargaining chips: “From China’s illegitimate rejection of lawyers, it is foreseeable that the authorities have defined the matter as a highly sensitive political case which may be used as ‘anti-Hong Kong independence propaganda,” the post read.

China claims 12 detained Hongkongers are ‘separatists,’ as democrat warns they may become diplomatic ‘bargaining chips’. (2020, September 14). Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved from https://hongkongfp.com/2020/09/14/china-claims-12-detained-hongkongers-are-separatists-as-democrat-warns-they-may-become-diplomatic-bargaining-chips/