The enlightened regime currently burnishing China's international reputation have finally put such pressure on BBC Beijing correspondent John Sudworth and his wife Yvonne Murray (correspondent for RTE) that they've pulled out to Taiwan. Their most recent visas lasted variously, one, three and six months. 18 foreign correspondents have been expelled from China in the past year.
John was posted to China in 2012, developed Bell's Palsy for a year, but kept on broadcasting. He investigated the situation in Xinjiang from 2018 to 2020, reporting on the existence and spread of the Uighur detention camps, and then, at the invitation of the authorities, visiting 're-education' centres. Global Times, the preferred tabloid of the Chinese Communist Party, describes John as "someone with a serious political prejudice and a mental issue".
BBC reporter @TheJohnSudworth who became infamous in #China for his biased stories on China’s #Xinjiang policies and #COVID19 response, is believed to be hiding in #Taiwan island after Xinjiang individuals plan to sue BBC for fake news: sources https://t.co/Mnzs3gBcor
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) March 31, 2021
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