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Such a strange comment. From the lack of sympathy for an obvious political prisoner who has not committed any crime worthy of imprisonment, to the implication that Australia and Australian journalism is some paragon of virtue when anyone who even remotely pays attention knows it is far from this ideal. It reads like an attempt to claim the moral high-ground for yourself so you can feel justified in not caring about the plight of others.
I'm not claiming any moral high ground, I'm merely staying that she worked for a Chinese media organisation and that essentially makes her part of China's political apparatus. That makes her at risk of being a political prisoner.
Also as Raltoid said, she's spent 37/47 years of her life in China. Coupled with her career choice, her government is the Chinese Government, not the Australian government despite what her papers say.
She is an Australian citizen. Australian citizens are represented by the Australian Government. You don't lose citizenship by living overseas, what an absolutely bizarre thing to say.
Let me put it another way, where do you think her loyalties lie before her arrest? China or Australia? If you don't think that matters, I'd urge you to examine what citizenship means.
Living and working overseas is not evidence of "foreign loyalties".
Working as a propagandist of foreign powers absolutely is evidence of where your loyalties lie.
She made her bed and she can rot in it.
Articles. Show me evidence of your assertion that she is a propagandist. Defend your argument with facts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-10/cheng-leis-message-from-chinese-prison-730/102712716
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping
CGTN was created to serve one purpose; to push China's narrative on events to a global audience.
https://chinamediaproject.org/2017/09/29/the-fable-of-the-master-storyteller/
Lets look at ownership and direction the broadcaster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGTN_(TV_channel)
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/06/14/china-is-spending-billions-on-its-foreign-language-media
The channel is owned by State media and directed by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party, it doesn't get any more clear cut that Cheng Lei was employed as part of the CCPs propaganda machine.
Excellent, thank you.
Now /c/surreptitiouswalk, do you have any evidence to the contrary?