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The sentence will likely deal a blow to warming ties between China and Australia.

SYDNEY – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Feb 6 said it was an “outrage” that a Beijing court handed an Australian writer a suspended death sentence on espionage charges and vowed to continue to make efforts for Yang Hengjun’s release. The sentence, handed down three years after a closed-door trial, shocked his family and supporters. Analysts say this is...

The exceptional harshness of the verdict reflects the rising power of the Ministry of State Security

Australias government said Tuesday it had expressed "outrage" to China over a suspended death sentence handed to Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun.

It’s not the tech that empowers big brother in Beijing—it’s the informants.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday said it was an

Australia's government said Tuesday it had expressed "outrage" to China over a suspended death sentence handed to Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun.Yang was sentenced to death on Monday with a two-year suspended execution, and had all of his property confiscated, the Chinese foreign ministry said.

A court in Beijing on Monday sentenced Australian writer Yang Hengjun to a “suspended death sentence” on espionage charges.

Anthony Albanese lashed the sentence handed to dissident blogger Yang Hengjun as harsh, and Peter Dutton urged the West to call out human rights abuses.

Chinese-Australian writer Yang Jun was sentenced to death on Monday, with a two-year suspended execution, after being found guilty of espionage.