Cheng Lei : A Memoir of Freedom (Paperback)

Cheng Lei

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, New South Wales, 2025

1460766571 / 9781460766576

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Paperback. The extraordinary true story of journalist Cheng Lei whose life was abruptly transformed when she was detained in China on false charges of espionage. Journalist Cheng Lei spent more than three gruelling years in a Beijing prison after being wrongly accused of espionage. Harrowing, fierce and often darkly humorous, her memoir is about the power of the human spirit; bravery in the face of cruelty and pettiness; the consolations of letters, music and books; and how unexpected friendships and the love of family can unlock the courage we all have within us to prevail.In August 2020, Cheng Lei was the precise and polished anchor of China's government-run, English-language Global Business TV show, familiar to millions of viewers. A veteran business journalist, the Chinese-born Australian mother of two young children was at the pinnacle of her career when eight words texted to a friend led to devastating consequences.Arriving for work one morning, Lei was met by officers from the notorious Ministry of State Security. After searching her apartment, they blindfolded her and drove her to a secret location. Detained, isolated and interrogated, she was cut off from all contact with her family and friends. She simply disappeared from TV screens, her flat, her life.Lei was eventually coerced into agreeing to a five-year prison term in a country she loved but no longer recognised. On the outside, her story triggered a desperate fight for her release, a diplomatic row and global news. On the inside, her own struggle for freedom and her sanity in the face of the inconceivable had just begun.It would be ten months before Lei saw her lawyer, a year and a half before a 90-minute show trial, more than two years before she would briefly hear the voices of her children, and three years and two months before she saw the entirety of the sky again - after her release was secured and she made it home to Australia.It's only through losing freedom that we learn to truly appreciate it. When our canvas is bare we celebrate one drop of colour. Cheng Lei, TED2025 Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Bibliografische Details

Titel
Cheng Lei : A Memoir of Freedom (Paperback)
Autor
Cheng Lei
Verlag
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, New South Wales
Erscheinungsjahr
2025
Zustand
new
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1460766571
ISBN-13
9781460766576

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