The Front
The Front
The Australian
Cheng Lei: the wise, sweary, funny survivor of a Chinese prison
18 minutes Posted May 30, 2025 at 1:29 am.
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From Bridget Jones to Prisoner 21003: Cheng Lei has created a powerful memoir and a Sky News documentary about her three years in Chinese detention, falsely convicted of espionage. 

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