China: Video shows BBC journalist's arrest during Covid protest
Video shared on social media shows the moment BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was arrested by Chinese authorities while covering an anti-lockdown protest in Shanghai. Lawrence was dragged away by police shouting "Call the Consulate, now." Protests over Covid restrictions have spread to several cities across China and were triggered by a deadly fire at a residential high-rise building in the city of Urumqi, in the country's western Xinjiang region. Videos of the incident posted on social media led to accusations that lockdowns were a factor in the blaze that killed 10 people Clashes in Shanghai as protests over zero-Covid policy grip China Depressed, powerless, angry: why frustration at China’s zero-Covid is spilling over Xi unlikely to tolerate dissent as momentous protests shake China
