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The BBC moved its China correspondent to Taiwan after Beijing attacked him for reporting on Uyghurs
The BBC on Wednesday said it had relocated its China correspondent to Taiwan, a move that came after Chinese government attacks on both the reporter and the broadcaster over coverage of the Uyghurs in the country's Xinjiang region.
The BBC did not give a specific reason for John Sudworth's relocation but said: "John's work has exposed truths that Chinese authorities did not want the world to know."
Link to tweet
Sudworth's recent reports include the origins of the coronavirus and China's use of Uyghurs and other minority groups for manual labor in cotton fields. China denies doing this.
China has constructed hundreds of prisons and detention centers in and near Xinjiang, and at least a million Uighurs have been detained there. China calls them "reeducation camps," but reports detail numerous human-rights abuses and psychological abuse.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bbc-moved-china-correspondent-taiwan-094233665.html
