what has been happening this morning? what has been happening this mornin: ? . , ., morning? here at the number two intermediate morning? here at the number two intermediate people s morning? here at the number two intermediate people s court - morning? here at the number two intermediate people s court in - intermediate people s court in beijing, the trial of australian journalist cheng lei is going on behind closed doors. people will want to know what she has been accused of, what she has been accused of, what her lawyers are saying, what her lawyers are saying, what her lawyers are saying, what her defence might be. we know none of that, none of the detail at all, other than she has been vaguely accused of supplying state secrets to somebody overseas. in china, a state secret can be many things. it can be a piece of information, a photo, who knows what it is? it s very vague. as i say, we would only be guessing as to what that might be. because none of this is
who has gone on trial today in beijing, on state secrets charges. she worked as a television anchor for chinese state media, but was detained in 2020 and formally arrested a year ago on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas. 0ur correspondent in beijing stephen mcdonell explained what had been happening in court. well, here at the number two intermediate people s court in beijing, the trial of australian journalist cheng lei is going on completely in secret, behind closed doors. people will want to know what she has been accused of, what her lawyers are saying, what her defence might be. we know none of that, we know none of the detail at all, other than that she has been vaguely accused of supplying state secrets to somebody overseas. in china, a state secret can be many things. it can be a piece of information, could be a photo, who knows what it is? it s very vague.