Wu is an active critic of the Chinese government and its foreign influence, and has expressed concerns about the impact on freedom in Australia and other democratic countries during many of his media interviews.

In 2019, media revealed that Lebao was among one hundred or so dissidents, including Ai Weiwei, 14th Dalai Lama, and Liu Xiaobo, whose name and works are totally forbidden to print in China even for oversea publications.

[1] Wu Lebao suspected of leading the Chinese Jasmine Revolution with Ai Weiwei and was interrogated by the Public Security Bureau of the People's Republic of China.

Wu told his story about his imprisonment in China, and his concern about the Chinese influence will impact the freedom of speech in Australia.

In the letter, Lebao argued that "the burning of a Chinese passport is only Mr. Wu's way of expressing political dissent."

"[9] Later in that year, Lebao gave an interview with a journalist from Woroni, the Newspaper of Australian National University, revealing that he had commenced studies there.