The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth has left China after the communist regime issued threats of legal action against him and his team. In a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday, the BBC said Sudworth had relocated from Beijing to Taiwan. “John’s work has exposed truths the Chinese authorities did not want the world to know,” said the British broadcaster. “The BBC is proud of John’s award-winning reporting during his time in Beijing and he remains our China correspondent.” Sudworth and his family were followed to the airport and into the check-in area by plainclothes police officers, the BBC reported. According to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC), Sudworth “left mainland China at short notice on March 23 amid concerns for his safety and that of his family.” His wife, Yvonne Murray, the China correspondent of the Irish broadcaster RTE, left with him. “Sudworth left after months of personal …