Arrested in Shanghai

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.chinesewhispers.ukWhen 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 hours in detention..Ed has never publicly spoken about that night – until now. On this episode, he tells me what happened, and we talk about the perils of reporting from China, dragonboat racing with Chinese Foreign Ministry and the state of western reporting on China today. Don’t miss it.Chinese Whispers with Cindy Yu is listener-supported.Not yet a subscriber?Become a paid subscriber to unlock the full episode and all premium episodes:https://www.chinesewhispers.uk/subscribe?Already a paid subscriber?Set up premium listening in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast app. Click the button below, scroll down the page to ‘Private podcasts’ and click ‘Set up’.Set up podcast