Cheng Lei has described her love for Australia in her first public statement since being detained in China in 2020. The journalist, a former business anchor on Chinese TV, is accused of sharing state secrets overseas, Ednews informs via DW that
An Australian journalist who has been detained in China since 2020 on vague national security charges has written what she called a "love letter to 25 million people" in Australia.
Cheng Lei's statement, released by her partner on Thursday evening after being dictated to consular staff, describes her dire prison conditions and her yearning for her children.
Her detention came as diplomatic relations between Australia and China were at a low ebb and remains a point of friction between the two nations as tensions ease.