China Lodges Protest With BBC Over Flood Reporting 

BEIJING - China has lodged a stern representation with Britain's BBC about its reporting of the floods in Henan and its statement on how foreign journalists were being treated, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

The head of communications for the BBC World Service declined to comment. The broadcaster had said in a statement last month that the Chinese government should take immediate action to stop attacks that endanger foreign journalists. The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China had said journalists from several media outlets covering the floods were harassed online and by local residents. Some journalists received death threats, it said.