When covering the White Paper protests of November 2022, BBC senior journalist Ed Lawrence was beaten and detained by Chinese police in Shanghai. Footage of his arrest travelled quickly, and resulted in a near diplomatic incident, with the British Foreign Office summoning the Chinese ambassador in London. Fortunately, Ed was released after some five hou…
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Arrested in Shanghai
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Arrested in Shanghai
Ed Lawrence on the perils and pleasures of reporting from China
Chinese Whispers with Cindy Yu
Bringing a more colourful and complex understanding of China to the mainstream.
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