Ep135: The release from prison of journalist Cheng Lei

China In Context: Weekly podcast with experts from SOAS

Supplying state secrets to another country is a crime which carries a heavy penalty in China. TV reporter Cheng Lei spent several years in prison for espionage, although her family and supporters insist she was innocent. Now she’s been released and is back home in Australia. In this podcast James Laurenceson, Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, explains why this case is significant to regular host, Duncan Bartlett. ________________________________________ (Music credit: Sappheiros / CC BY 3.0)