Cheng Lei recalls ‘pining’ for Australia from a prison cell on Australia Day last year

Sky News Presenter Cheng Lei recalls “pining for Australia” in a prison cell on Australia Day last year. The Sky News Australia presenter was named The Australian newspaper’s ‘Australian of the year.' She was detained for three years in China for breaking an embargo by a few minutes after being briefed by officials. “This time last year I was pining for Australia,” she told Sky News Australia host Steve Price during an emotional interview. “Reciting poems about Australia. “It’s still a subject I get pretty emotional about.”