Cheng Lei
Cheng Lei is a Sky News presenter and journalist who spent three years in a Chinese prison on charges she claims were spurious; she has since become an advocate for the wrongfully detained, bringing attention to cases like that of Matthew Radalj.
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Cheng Lei spent three years in a Beijing prison before being freed and reunited with her children.
Farewell Singapore, ni hao Beijing
Australia· 2026-02-21
Cheng Lei is an Australian journalist and author who was detained in Beijing by China’s Ministry of State Security in August 2020 before being reunited with her family in October 2023.
Former CCP detainee Cheng Lei on surviving prison, embracing life and keeping perspectiveAustralia· 2025-12-07
Cheng Lei, a professor at Renmin University of China, discusses the potential for international arrest warrants against Shen Boyang.
央視專題起底沈伯洋指或全球抓捕 陸委會：「跨境鎮壓」意逼台民眾自我審查 - 20251110 - 中國 - 每日明報
Hong Kong· 2025-11-10
Cheng Lei stars in the fantasy romance drama 'With Jin Chang An'.
娛樂 - 20250913 - 每日明報Hong Kong· 2025-09-13
Cheng Lei is a China-born Australian journalist and the author of Cheng Lei: A Memoir of Freedom.
Where will former Victoria Premier be when the Chinese tanks roll?Australia· 2025-09-05
Cheng Lei was detained by the Chinese government, leading to the ABC's absence in China.
Sky News Australia set to change nameAustralia· 2025-08-29
Cheng Lei is a China-born Australian journalist and author of a memoir about freedom.
China’s money makes us rich but, as I well know, we can’t put a price on freedomAustralia· 2025-07-17
Cheng Lei is an Australian who was released from detention by Chinese authorities in 2023.
Albanese walks diplomatic tightrope with Xi and TrumpAustralia· 2025-07-11
Cheng Lei is a Chinese-Australian TV presenter who recounts her three years in detention in her memoir.
The TV star who would make the ideal Beijing cellmateAustralia· 2025-06-25Australian journalist Cheng Lei was released after more than three years of detention in China.
Australian writer pens letter from Chinese jail
United Kingdom· 2025-05-15
Cheng Lei was detained overseas along with Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Sean Turnell.
Coalition vows to create post to rescue jailed AustraliansAustralia· 2025-04-23
Cheng Lei is a Sky News presenter who spent three years in a Chinese jail and revealed Matthew Radalj's case.
Australian allegedly wrongfully convicted recounts five years in a Chinese prisonAustralia· 2025-02-16
