China visit not conditional on Cheng Lei’s release, says Albanese

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“In my cell, the sunlight shines through the window, but I can stand in it for only 10 hours a year,” the letter said. “I haven’t seen a tree in 3 years. “I relive every bushwalk, river, lake, beach with swims, and picnics and psychedelic sunsets, sky that’s lit up with stars, and the silent and secret symphony of the bush.” Ms Cheng, 48, a high-profile television anchor with Chinese state television, was detained in August 2020. She has not been allowed to speak with her children, aged 14 and 11, who live in Melbourne with her mother. Her trial...