The release from prison of journalist Cheng Lei
China In Context
English - October 17, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.06 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNews Commentary News Politics china chinese hong kong taiwan asia east asia beijing xi jinping ccp chinese communist party Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Supplying state secrets to another country is a crime which carries a heavy penalty in China. TV reporter Cheng Lei spent several years in prison for espionage, although her family and supporters insist she was innocent. Now she’s been released and is back home in Australia. In this podcast James Laurenceson, Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, explains why this case is significant to regular host, Duncan Bartlett.