Cheng Lei: Chinese officials appear to block freed Australian journalist from view

The Australian reporter - jailed in China for three years - was attending a bilateral event in Canberra.

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Cheng Lei, who was imprisoned by Beijing for three years, later said she believed two embassy officials had stood in front of her to prevent her from "saying” or “doing something” that they thought “would be a bad look”.

Mr Li's visit - the first by a Chinese premier since 2017 - has been seen as another step in the thawing of tensions between the two nations after a string of disputes.

Both he and Mr Albanese said bilateral discussions so far had been constructive.

When asked about whether he saw Ms Cheng being blocked on Monday, Mr Albanese said he “wasn’t aware” there had been an issue, but that “it’s important people be allowed to participate fully”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjjjgqwen46o

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