Australian journalist Cheng Lei back home after China release

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Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who had been detained in China on national security charges for more than three years, returns home on Wednesday, October 11.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/australian-journalist-cheng-lei-home-after-china-release/
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00:00 Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who had been detained in China on national security charges
00:05 for more than three years, returns home on Wednesday, October 11.
00:09 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Cheng, who was tried in secret in March
00:14 2022, arrives in Melbourne and reunites with her two children and family.
00:18 Cheng was a business television anchor for Chinese state television when she was detained
00:22 in August 2020 for allegedly sharing state secrets with another country.
00:26 In a letter to Australia released publicly in August, Cheng writes of missing her children
00:31 aged 11 and 14, who have been living in Melbourne with their grandmother while she was detained.
00:37 Australia had repeatedly raised concerns about her detention.
00:39 (upbeat music)

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