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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Chinese court to try Chinese Australian journalist next week

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A Chinese Australian journalist who has been held in China since August 2020 will be tried next week, the Australian government said Saturday.

Cheng Lei, who was a prominent journalist for China's state-run international network CGTN, was initially detained and later formally arrested on suspicion of supplying state secrets overseas.

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