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Emily Feng

Cheng Lei, detained Australian journalist, is freed by China

Australian journalist Cheng Lei speaks on the phone, on arrival at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, October 11, 2023. (AAP Image/Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) via REUTERS)

Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist imprisoned in China, has been allowed to leave the country and is back home in Australia after being detained for more than three years on charges of espionage.

"Tight hugs, teary screams, holding my kids in the spring sunshine," she said in a statement posted on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.

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