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London (AFP) - Britain on Tuesday summoned the Chinese ambassador in London for a rebuke after the arrest and alleged assault of a BBC journalist covering Covid protests.

Britain summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to raise the treatment of a British journalist whose employer, the BBC, said had been assaulted by Chinese police while he was covering a protest in Shanghai. The incident has deepened long-running diplomatic tension between Britain and China over a range of issues including…

UK warns Beijing there is ‘absolutely no excuse’ for reporters to be ‘beaten by the police’.

Incident came ahead of speech in which PM will set out ‘robust pragmatism’ policy towards Beijing

Journalist Ed Lawrence was beaten after being arrested at a protest against China’s strict Covid restrictions, broadcaster says

London (AFP) - Britain's government on Monday condemned Chinese police after the BBC said one of its journalists was arrested and beaten while covering Covid protests in Shanghai, the latest incident to test relations between the countries.

THE UK has warned Beijing there was “absolutely no excuse” for a BBC journalist covering protests in China to be “beaten by the police”.

Grant Shapps said there was ‘no excuse’ for the treatment of Edward Lawrence by Chinese authorities.

Footage on social media showed a man whom other journalists identified as the BBC’s Ed Lawrence being arrested.