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Book launch: A Memoir of Freedom by Cheng Lei
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.
At the Sydney launch of her book, Ms Cheng was interviewed on stage by the Lowy Institute’s Richard McGregor, folllowed by a Q&A with the audience.
Featuring
Richard McGregor
Richard McGregor is Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute, and is a former Beijing and Washington bureau chief for the Financial Times and the author of numerous books on East Asia.
