Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has revealed the motivations behind her push to bring detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei home, saying it was a promise she made to Ms. Cheng’s children. This follows the return of the Chinese-born Australian journalist, who had spent three years behind bars in China. Ms. Cheng was working as a journalist for the China Global Television Network (CGTN), a state-owned media outlet, when she was accused of illegally supplying state secrets overseas. Speaking to reporters on Oct. 12—a day after Ms. Cheng landed in Melbourne—Ms. Wong said she was “more emotional” than Ms. Cheng upon her return....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/persistence-the-key-behind-beijings-release-of-australian-journalist-foreign-minister-5509398