EXCLUSIVE: When BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was detained and beaten by Chinese police during anti-lockdown protests last month, the condemnation was swift.
The BBC said it was “extremely concerned” by the events. The UK’s foreign secretary described it as “deeply disturbing.” Lawrence’s peers piled on to Twitter to voice horror at an authoritarian regime trampling press freedoms.
Among those sharing the news was Richard Pattinson, the senior vice president of a little-known commercial enclave of the BBC.
Pattinson, a former BBC News journalist, takes an interest in China. He has posted several downbeat articles about the Communist superpower, not least a Financial Times editorial in August that implored readers to “wake up” to the risk of China amid tensions over Taiwan.
What Pattinson has not shared with his Twitter…
