I want people to have a more nuanced understanding of China: Cheng Lei @LowyInstitute
I want people to have a more nuanced understanding of China: Cheng Lei  @LowyInstitute
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
In August 2020, Cheng Lei, a Chinese-Australian journalist, had her life turned upside down.

An anchor in Beijing for a business television program, Cheng Lei was arrested by officers of China’s Ministry of State Security on charges of espionage.

Detained, isolated and interrogated, she was cut off from her family and friends for more than three years, until her release in late 2023. Cheng Lei is now telling her story in her new book, A Memoir of Freedom.

Watch the full video here: youtube.com/live/vZIWNqhgMCs?feature=shared
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'I want people to have a more nuanced understanding of China': Cheng Lei

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