BBC claims Chinese police assaulted reporter covering COVID protests | USA TODAY #Shorts
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BBC journalist Ed Lawrence was allegedly assaulted and detained by Chinese police in Shanghai where he was reporting on an anti-lockdown protest.
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In a video of the protest seen by The Associated Press, chants sounded loud and clear: “Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP! Step down!” Xi, arguably China’s most dominant leader since Mao Zedong, was recently named to another term as head of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, and some expect him to try to stay in power for life.
The protester and another, who gave only his last name, Zhao, confirmed the chants. Both insisted on having their identities shielded because they fear arrest or retribution.
The atmosphere of the p...
