Joy ChangBbc Chinese

Jul 28, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Joy ChangBbc Chinese |Joy Chang

Tears ran down Lee Meng-chu's face as he got ready to board a plane at Beijing airport on Monday. The flight out of China marked the end of a harrowing ordeal for the Taiwanese businessman who had been held in the country for more than 1,400 days. "I felt a huge relief after going through the passport check, and I cried a little," he told the BBC this week. "I have returned to the free world."Mr Lee was arrested and jailed in 2019 after he snapped pictures of police officers in Shenzhen.