Following the most significant civil unrest in China since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and the arrest and beating of a BBC journalist by police, a diplomatic row has broken out between Beijing and London.
Britain accused China of lying about the assault, while the Chinese foreign ministry has suggested Britain was guilty of double standards — a perennial Chinese complaint. China can deny reality as much as its online army of domestic censors can manage, but for those around the world the evidence — in video and testimony — is clear.
