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China opens espionage trial of Chinese Australian journalist

A cyclist rides past outside the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese police officers stand watch outside the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. The trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei on espionage charges began Thursday in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese police officers guard one of the entrance to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. The trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei on espionage charges began Thursday in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Cheng Lei, a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, attends a public event in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2020. The trial of Cheng on espionage charges began Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A cyclist rides past outside the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese police officers stand watch outside the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. The trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei on espionage charges began Thursday in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese police officers guard one of the entrance to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. The trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei on espionage charges began Thursday in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Cheng Lei, a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, attends a public event in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2020. The trial of Cheng on espionage charges began Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A cyclist rides past outside the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese police officers stand watch outside the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. The trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei on espionage charges began Thursday in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese police officers guard one of the entrance to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. The trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei on espionage charges began Thursday in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Cheng Lei, a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, attends a public event in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2020. The trial of Cheng on espionage charges began Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing, with diplomats denied permission to attend proceedings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Graham Fletcher, Australia's ambassador to China, left, is reflected in the glass door as a police officer watches from behind the door at an entrance to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate Court on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Graham Fletcher, Australia's ambassador to China, crosses barriers as he walks to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese police officers clear journalists from a road outside the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Graham Fletcher, Australia's ambassador to China, left, waits at an entrance to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Graham Fletcher, Australia's ambassador to China, wears his mask as he walks to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court before the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Graham Fletcher, Australia's ambassador to China, center, is denied entrance to the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei by a court officer, right, outside the Beijing No.2 Intermediate Court on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Graham Fletcher, Australia's ambassador to China, speaks to journalists after being denied access to the trial of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei outside an entrance to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Graham Fletcher, Australia's ambassador to China, waits at an entrance to the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Beijing. Journalist groups have renewed calls for the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei before her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) FILE - Cheng Lei, a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, attends a public event in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2020. Journalist groups Wednesday, March 30, 2022, renewed calls for the release of Cheng on the eve of her trial in Beijing on espionage charges. Cheng was initially detained and later formally arrested on suspicion of supplying state secrets overseas. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
China opens espionage trial of Chinese Australian journalist