BBC editor quits over equal pay dispute

BBC's China editor has resigned from her post in protest at being paid less than men working for the corporation in similar positions, accusing the corporation of a "secretive and illegal pay culture".

Carrie Gracie, who became the BBC's most senior representative in China four years ago, stepped down after learning that her male counterparts were paid significantly more than she was.

Gracie's revolt is part of the fallout from pay disclosures the British broadcaster was forced to make in July, which showed that two thirds of the highest earners on air were men, and that some of them were earning far more than women in equivalent roles.