Prior to her role at Sky News Australia, she was a news anchor for Chinese-owned news channel CGTN and was CNBC’s China correspondent. In August 2020, Cheng Lei was detained by Chinese authorities.

In a video to Joan's TikTok account, @justpeers on January 12, Joan tells the story and shows the picture the man drew: in simple blue pen, showing a humanlike figure holding a notebook, with certain ...