November 2024
The uni degree that set this household name on her career path
Journalist Cheng Lei is among the University of Queensland’s notable alumni. A degree in commerce was not her first choice, but she has zero regrets.
- Julie Hare
June 2024
Australia criticises China for sea skirmish in sign tensions remain
Improved communications between the Australian and Chinese militaries will not reduce the likelihood of potentially dangerous confrontations, experts warn.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Australia's China challenge
Cheng Lei one day, PNG the next, zigzag diplomacy continues unabated
The circus of embassy staff trying to block vision of journalist Cheng Lei at a ceremony involving the visiting Chinese premier reinforces the difficulty of rebuilding relations with Beijing.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Doing justice to freedom’: ex-detainee Cheng Lei to make comedy debut
Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who was freed eight months ago after being detained by China for three years, is making her stand-up debut in Melbourne.
- Gus McCubbing
February 2024
- Opinion
- China relations
China plays hardball with Canberra on Yang sentence
Beijing is sending a message to the Albanese government that it is not going to get everything it wants by handing an Australian citizen a suspended death sentence.
- Updated
- Michael Smith
October 2023
- Opinion
- China relations
Labor’s return to diplomacy freed Cheng Lei
If Scott Morrison was still prime minister, the detained Chinese-Australia journalist would not be back home in Melbourne.
- Geoff Raby
China-Australia relationship improving, ambassador tells Vic Premier
China’s ambassador to Australia has told Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan the bilateral relationship is on the mend.
- Gus McCubbing