Britain summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to raise the treatment of a British journalist who, according to his employer the BBC, was assaulted by Chinese police while covering a protest in Shanghai.
Flowers and candles are seen placed opposite the Chinese Embassy in London, Britain, November 28, 2022.
"It is incredibly important that we protect media freedom. It is something very much at the heart of the UK's belief system, and it is incredibly important that journalists can go about their business unmolested and without fear of attack," he said. "Such a groundless accusation is a distortion of the truth and malicious slander and is totally unacceptable to the Chinese side," he said, suggesting the UK should better educate reporters sent to China by media organisations.
That also drew a rebuke from the Chinese embassy, which earlier on Tuesday published a statement saying Britain was "in no position to pass judgment on China's COVID policy or other internal affairs."The last time Britain summoned a senior Chinese diplomat to complain was in October, over the treatment of a man who was protesting outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester, northern England.
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