John Sudworth ( zh, c=沙磊) is a British journalist. He was previously the

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correspondent for the

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(BBC) and is currently a North American correspondent for the network. He had lived and worked in China for nine years. His wife, Yvonne Murray, is a reporter for the Irish public broadcaster

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. In 2017, Sudworth and his camera crew were attacked and forced to sign a confession in a Chinese village. In 2020, Sudworth won a

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for his reporting on the

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. After suffering pressure and threats from the Chinese government, he left Beijing and moved to

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with his wife and three young children in March 2021.

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